Lord, I start the day full of joy and resolve to be kind and patient. But as the hours progress, my patience vanishes and I find myself finding fault. Help me Lord to slow down my overreactions and stop the sharp words before they hurt people. Amen Continue reading February 24th Lenten journey

Lord, we hear so much about the travesties of the digital world, the potential for bullying and fraud. These are reflections of the physical world of evil. But Lord, there is so much kindness on the web. So many forums where people can help each other. So many ways in which people can talk when they are isolated, finding likeminded listeners and contributors of ideas and support. Thank you for the spirit of creativity and openness which we can model in the digital world, help us to fight evil and encourage web kindness. Amen Continue reading February 23rd Lenten journey

Lord, help me to remember that your will is not always what I think it is. It if were, that would be a construction of my heart, insufficiently listening to you. I cannot know you and your will, but if I listen hard, speaking less and listening more in prayer, perhaps you will grant me some inkling of your will for me. Amen Continue reading February 22nd Lenten Journey

Lord, so many flavours of people, so many sincere hearts turned towards you but sometimes looking in different directions. Help me to learn to tread softly; to curb my passionate argument and temper it with your grace and patience. Amen Continue reading February 21st Lenten journey

Lord, have pity on those women and men who hold their family together. Those who work through the day or the night to support their families and then come home to endless tasks to feed and clothe and shelter them. Those who receive no help from others nor do they find thanks. They “labour without any reward, save that of knowing that they do Thy will” (St Ignatius). Amen Continue reading February 20th Lenten journey

Lord, in education we speak much of collaboration in learning and how important the interaction between people is for us to expose our ideas and develop them. I know this to be true for me. That I can get so far and no further in my thinking without conversation. That if I persist in developing ideas alone without testing with others, they remain imperfect. Thank you Lord, for friends, for colleagues, for family, who are prepared to listen and help me to listen actively to them. The joy of developing ideas together is a great reward. Just as the joy … Continue reading February 19th Lenten journey

Lord, Last night at our Lent Compline service there was such peace. Candlelight in a dim evening church and the peace only you can give at the end of the day. So few of us there able to share that peace. I need to find other ways to share your peace in today’s world as people are not going to flock to church for it. I need to take it with me and share it. Amen Continue reading February 18th Lenten journey

Lord, teaching equality and diversity is one thing, but living it is quite another. It is fine to see the laws and business cases which underpin these principles in people’s working lives, but how often do we ignore them outside work? Teach us to avoid the simply compliant way of life which pays lip service to equality and to values of diversity as we meet it every day. It seems to be our very differences which make your gifts so wonderful, showing us the value of every living thing, which means every living person too. Amen Continue reading February 17th Lenten journey

Lord, I am filled with your sunshine today. The ground is hard frosted and the birds have determined on spring. Your beautiful world lifts everyone’s spirits. Yet I know there will be some bereaved today, who cannot understand why the sun keeps on shining in their loss. Console them Lord. Help me to be sensitive to those whose hearts are not filled with God-given joy. Amen Continue reading February 16th Lenten journey