“…as the dragon, poised to devour its helpless prey, looms over the stranded Princess, the gallant St George charges the crest of the hill, dealing a fatal blow to the scaly beast, freeing the young maiden and bringing peace to the traumatised countryside.” It’s not a bad story; many a Read more…
At Christmas we sing about God’s glory. We join with the angels who sang Glory to God in the Highest. Luke 2 v 14 Jesus said to his disciples “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God.” John 11 v 40 Make Read more…
There are many people that can inspire and influence us. They can be people that we know or someone who we have seen, listened to, watched or read about. We may share similarities with them, or it can be through our differences that they impact and affect us. We can Read more…
Contemplation is one of the three strands to our common vision in the Oxford Diocese. Our call is to be a more Christ-like church – contemplative, compassionate and courageous. This week in the prayer course we looked at contemplation, which is one of the best ways to ‘put deep roots Read more…
Unanswered prayer is such a difficult topic, and is covered well in this session. It is worth a look at the video for week 5 for any that have struggled with this issue. The article on How to Lament is also very good. The key messages from Pete Greig were: Read more…
We spent this week looking at intercession – praying for the needs of others – based around the line in the Lord’s Prayer ‘your kingdom come’. We had some excellent discussions, and time as always at the end to put some of what we learned into practice. For those that Read more…
We spent this week looking at petition – praying for our own needs and wants – based around the line in the Lord’s Prayer ‘Give us this day our daily bread’. It is proving such a blessing to be able to explore these ideas together. For those that are not Read more…