
By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples I have always enjoyed sitting by water of any kind -- rivers, lakes, gravel pits, or the sea -- and probably don't do it often enough nowadays. For me, it’s a … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples I have always enjoyed sitting by water of any kind -- rivers, lakes, gravel pits, or the sea -- and probably don't do it often enough nowadays. For me, it’s a … [Read more...]

Teach us to hear your voice In the Church of England, today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is also known as Vocations Sunday. It's a day when Churches up and down the land will be thinking about what God might be … [Read more...]

Help us to seek and serve you Whenever I think of serving Christ in some way, I think of those wonderful words about serving others from St Matthew's Gospel. That could well be influenced because I frequently see a … [Read more...]

By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples When I used to be somewhat fitter, a while ago now, I enjoyed walking. One of the places really liked going to was some flooded gravel pits near where I lived. I … [Read more...]
Give us insight to discern your will for us These words, or similar, have been an important part of my prayer life recently. I've been helping -- or at least I hope I've been of some help -- a good friend finally … [Read more...]