Lord, I am wondering about the different ways we worship you. Why so many Lord? Why do we become comfortable with particular traditions and ways of worship? Although we have come far from the old enmities between Christian denominations, we still feel uncomfortable when others speak of Jesus in a different way. I love going to different churches and chapels and centres to worship you from different perspectives, I know I can learn from each one. But I still crave what I know best. Help me to be more courageous in welcoming other traditions and valuing them all for their … Continue reading February 15th Lenten journey

Lord, I am beginning to learn after years of analysis and anxiety that I think too much. I prepare and plan and try to foresee every eventuality, and found it helpful because, when afraid, I had plans to lean on. I told myself I worked hard and took considered action, when perhaps I really spent most of the time thinking and took the least actions needed. Planning can be helpful, but it takes courage to take action, especially when there is no time to think. I will never be action woman, but I am starting to see that by grasping … Continue reading February 14th Lenten journey

Lord, I feel downcast today and I feel guilty that you know that, since you can see that I have nothing whatever to feel downcast about. I have everything to love in my life. Sometimes I just have to stop and take stock. To reflect on You and regain a sense of your love. To regain clarity when my clogged calendar diverts my eyes to near vision. I don’t want to keep letting you down Lord. Keep me focussed on your way. Amen Continue reading February 12th Lenten journey

Lord, help me to bridge the world of today which is in front of me and the world of all time in which you live. When I grasp desperately at time to fulfill my commitments to colleagues and friends and family, keep reminding me to make time to think of your Word. And most of all, help me to open my mind and heart to what matters most of all, not the urgent things that must be done but the love and trust which must underlie all those activities, without which they are pointless. Amen Continue reading February 11th Lenten journey

Lord, I live in a world of tension, dynamic change and argument. An academic world which tries so hard to understand and make plain the things of the world which are worrying, complex and contradictory. And in the process, we often fail to sort things out and speak plainly. As we set out on Lenten journeys which will be as different as the faces of my sheep, yet judged common, help us to speak clearly about your love, pray clearly about our need for you, act clearly in the face of fear and conflict. Amen Continue reading Ash Wednesday 2016