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Today`s lectionary gospel is John 21: 20-25. It is entitled “Jesus and the Beloved Disciple” in the NRSV. As I read the passage, I came...

Brian Doerksen, a Canadian singer-songwriter, is probably best known for Purify my heart or Come, now is the time to worship. First...

It always amazes me just how much Christian music there is that I haven’t yet heard. If asked to choose I’d certainly say that Stuart...

Today`s lectionary Gospel is John 14 vs. 7-14. There are a number of verses which I could have chosen for today but I was drawn to verse...

O Jesus I have promised to serve Thee to the end Be thou forever near me my Master and my Friend. I shall not fear the battle if Thou art...

One of the most liberating things about stepping down as a Minister and now, as part of my CF role, being invited to lead worship at...

Today`s lectionary Gospel, for Saturday of Easter Week, is Mark 16 vs. 9-15. Some of the earliest manuscripts of Mark`s Gospel do not...

Growing up in a conservative evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland, we had never heard of the liturgical year, much less...

Fred Pratt Green was one of the first new hymnwriters at the forefront of a revolution in Christian music, known as the ‘Hymn Explosion’,...

The Hymn Teach me to dance transported me back to my early teens when the local school encouraged all their children to dance. We did...

As a veritable non-conformist, although we are in Lent, I have not chosen a mournful lament. Instead, as my parents were married on March...

My Lenten hymn this week is the traditional “Forty days and forty nights” by George Hunt Smyttan (1822-1870). It is forever in my mind...

As a child I joined the Brownies and as part of my preparation to become a fully fledged Brownie I had to learn and then make a promise...

When I volunteered to contribute to this season`s Secluded Space I decided to opt for the Hymn slots, as the consideration and selection...