Category Archives: Holy Spirit

Heart matters…

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Today a Lenten Prayer by St. Ambrose of Milan (AD 339-397) with Echoes of Ezekiel 36: 26-7: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone … Continue reading →

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Lenten Spirit

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Today one of my favourite Lenten liturgies from Roddy (once at Mucky Paws… now Listening to the stones) Ah the Spirit we know not where she blows as a breath of wind she goes wherever she wills in the gravel … Continue reading →

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… ride the river

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

“I baptise you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 1:8)… I was ‘playing away’ today… doing a pulpit swap with the Presbytery Clerk (who is a Reader). I was celebrating a baptism in the church where … Continue reading →

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Clay…

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Take the clay of our lives and shape it to love Take the clay of the church and shape it to grace Take the clay of the world and shape it to peace Take the clay of today and shape … Continue reading →

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Change and be changed

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

The church is not going to be different until someone in it is different. God waits for each of us to hear, “Behold, I do a new thing…through you!” The question is always: Can we open our lives so that … Continue reading →

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Ever closer to Pentecost…

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

We are nothing without the fire of the Spirit of God… so: “Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created. And … Continue reading →

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A creed for the journey…

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Still on a ‘travel’ theme, here is a wonderful creed written by Australian writer and theologian Dorothy McRae-McMahon (and found in this book” by Peter Millar): We believe in God who takes our smallest moment of hope and grows it forth like … Continue reading →

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Reflections on life’s road

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Some people travel in straight lines: Sat in metal boxes, eyes ahead, Always mindful of the target, Moving in obedience to the coloured lights and white lines, Mission accomplished at the journey’s end. Some people travel round in circles: Trudging … Continue reading →

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Touch

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

A prayer for Monday from Mucky Paws … this covers most eventualities for the week ahead: May your love grasp us when we feel we are only just holding on May your voice call us when we seek other pleasures or pain … Continue reading →

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Breathe Spirit breathe…

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

spirit: maker of chaos resister of order she who takes on the world – breathe. wreak havoc in complacency upturn smugness and self satisfaction defy authorities that deflate challenge all powers that squeeze the hope out of your people and … Continue reading →

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