Thursday’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 – 18th April 2013
My ‘Pause for Thought’ on Thursday 18th April 2013 at 5.45am on BBC Radio 2 on early breakfast – with Vanessa Feltz – click above Continuing this week’s theme: ‘Winning & Losing’ (the Boston Marathon)
Read MoreMonday’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 – 15th April 2013
My ‘Pause for Thought’ on Monday 15th April 2013 at 5.45am on BBC Radio 2 on early breakfast – with Vanessa Feltz – click above Kicking off this week’s theme: ‘Winning & Losing’ You’ll need to scroll through to 44:30.
Read MoreMonday’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 – 8th April 2013
My ‘Pause for Thought’ on Monday 8th April 2013 at 5.45am on BBC Radio 2 on early breakfast – today with Vanessa Feltz – click above Kicking off this week’s theme: ‘Meditation’.
Read MoreHappy Easter
Happy Easter! All you that seek the Lord who died, your God for sinners crucified, now, now let all your grief be o’er! Believe, and you shall weep no more. The Lord of life is risen indeed, to death delivered in your stead; his rise proclaims your sins forgiven, and shows the living way to [...]
Read MoreHappy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Hear Saint Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer by clicking below: 03 St Patricks Breastplate _ Threefold Blessing
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 13: ‘Remember God is at Work: Sweet Dreams in Burundi’
Having read Brian Draper’s Lent40 reflection today about ‘miracles’, and considering Shane Claiborne’s words about living in a way that might necessitate a miracle, I then read Simon Guillebaud’s blog page. I found it a timely and relevant example of what Brian was saying and I thought I’d share it with you: Click here: Sweet Dreams [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 12: ‘When I think only of myself’
Today I am reminded of a prayer that I believe was from some co-workers of the late Mother Teresa in Japan.* Lord, when I am hungry, give me someone in need of food; when I am thirsty, send me someone needing a drink; when I am cold, send me someone to warm; when I am grieved, [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 11: ‘Surrendering All’
I’m very aware that I need to lay down my burdens and surrender them to my Lord. It certainly helps. The trouble is, I tend to lay down the obvious burden that I’m carrying, but forget that the pockets of my life are full of heavy pebbles that also weigh me down. My prayer is [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 8: ‘When the world is in overdrive’
Lord, when the world is in overdrive, help me to stop … pace myself … and act with discipline. May my deeds be generous and full of grace. Lord, when I need to go against the flow, help me to be strong and courageous. May I always keep close to you. Lord, when I’m tempted [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 7: ‘Looking in the mirror’
Painful as it is to look in the mirror, may I remember that God wants me to love Him and love my neighbour … as I love myself! To obey His command I must learn to love myself … appropriately. Lord, teach me the difference between vanity and knowing I’m loved; the difference between insecurity and [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 6: ‘Interruptions’
Brian Draper, in his excellent Lent40 reflections, reminded me of something I included in my book ‘Maybe Tomororow’ on pages 100/101. It’s a book of thoughts, prayers and smiles for the end of each day: INTERRUPTIONS Will I ever get this thought written? Each time I’ve made a start something has happened. The phone rang, someone called at the [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 5: Blessed beyond measure
I thank you, Lord, that when ‘I show up’, I find you ‘show up’ too. I thank you, Lord, that when I stop chasing the day, the day finds me. I thank you, Lord, that when I put down what I’m doing, you help me to take things up again with a new perspective. I thank you, [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 4: ‘Look at the birds, free and unfettered, …’
25-26 “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 3: Open the gate now … and then too.
Oh grant us light, that we may know The wisdom Thou alone canst give; That truth may guide where’er we go And virtue bless where’er we live. Oh grant us light, that we may see, Where error lurks in human lore, And turn our doubting minds to Thee, And love Thy simple word the more. [...]
Read MoreLent 2013 – Day 2: Be countercultural!
I have been inspired today by Brian Draper’s Lent40 reflections. Today Brian quotes from Richard Rohr’s book ‘Immortal Diamond’ and asks his readers to open their eyes to look for the ‘the infinite, the positive, the good’. Surely this is a countercultural way for God’s people to live in these [...]
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