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A Journey through Lent
“Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace." Matt 6:6 (The MSG)
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Congregational Federation
May 24, 20232 min read
Day 92 - Embracing the scary things
My granddaughter has just become a teenager. She lives in a completely different world to the one I inhabited back in my adolescence. If...
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Congregational Federation
May 17, 20232 min read
Day 85 - Precious Lord, take my hand
It is no secret that I love music of all kinds - from folk to heavy rock - but as you age your selection and style of music calms down a...
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Congregational Federation
May 10, 20232 min read
Day 78 - Jen’s dilemma
Jen Bishop is a farmer in rural Malawi. It is a harsh environment, and Jen struggles to scratch a living from the soil. For 34 days in...
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Congregational Federation
May 3, 20232 min read
Day 71 - All the best!
‘Set up road signs, put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road you will take.’ Jeremiah 31:21 A few weeks ago, my son took his...
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Congregational Federation
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Day 64 - Jesus brings peace
They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. Matthew 21: 7 Looking back to the memory of...
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Congregational Federation
Apr 19, 20232 min read
Day 57 - Through the lens
This reflection sits in the theme of the “World we live in” which made me ask: do we all live in the same world? In one sense, of course...
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Congregational Federation
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Day 50 - The scars that show I belong to Jesus
Salamanders are fascinating creatures. They are a group of amphibians typically characterised by their lizard-like appearance, with...
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Congregational Federation
Apr 5, 20232 min read
Day 43 - See the world differently
Later this month the world is coming to Liverpool - it will sit on the water in the Albert Dock! It’s a piece of art being displayed as...
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Congregational Federation
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Day 36 - Beauty for Brokenness
“Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair” - Graham Kendrick The song ‘Beauty for Brokenness’ by Graham Kendrick has been playing over and...
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Congregational Federation
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Day 29 - Discover beauty in everyone
He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever. Psalm 146:6 The river Nith is a 5-minute walk...
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Congregational Federation
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Day 22 - An encouraging honk
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of...
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Congregational Federation
Mar 8, 20232 min read
Day 15: Fuel for both body and brain
Today (as I write this it is 20 February) Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, announced that free school meals will be made available for all...
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Congregational Federation
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Day 8: Living water
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst....
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Congregational Federation
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Day 1: Wonder
Have you ever had one of those evenings when you do a bit of channel hopping on the television and you come to the firm conclusion that...
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