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Assisted ‘dying’ - a reflection
I was struggling with the emotional scars from a past hurt that still lingered from a misunderstanding with someone in a team I was part...

Neil Gracie
May 153 min read
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THE FRIEND
Created by Author What friend shall ever die for me? Sentenced to death for no crime Taking my place, setting me free That's what my...

Sarah Joy Holden
May 61 min read
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No Front Door
It was the dawning of the morning of that great and glorious day. As creation held its breath, awaiting Heaven's say  The disciples...

Kevin McStay
Apr 202 min read
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His sacrifice for my freedom
Recently, I had an encounter with Jesus during which I was reflecting on His sacrifice for me. I visualised the nails that crucified Him...

Vicki Hird
Apr 182 min read
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My God. My God
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Psalm 22:1, Matthew 27:46 & Mark 15:34  The LORD God did not forsake you. He did not leave...

Lorna Doughty
Apr 183 min read
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The King has left the roomÂ
He is risen, The stone is rolled away There’s nobody in the tomb He’s shown He is The Way. They nailed and pinned and crucified him,...

Kevin McStay
Apr 182 min read
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My sacrificial brotherÂ
I could not take the pain and strain The stress I could take no more I could not bear the world and its burdens, The feelings wrought...

Kevin McStay
Apr 182 min read
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THE POWER OF THE CROSS
GOOD FRIDAY REFLECTION:  Poem based on Matthew 27:51. My Jesus now lowered His head, He cried out, gave up His Spirit. There He bore the...

Sarah Joy Holden
Apr 181 min read
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Don’t cry for me
‘Don’t cry for me’ - everytime I read the crucifixion story I stop at these words he called out - quite why he thus spoke I don’t...

Neil Gracie
Apr 173 min read
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Before today (Easter reflection)
I bow down in sweet surrender As I see nailed to a cross One whose name the world remembers Who was called the Son of God As I gaze at...

Neil Gracie
Apr 172 min read
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Poetry for Holy week
PALM SUNDAY  A triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, Here, He was greeted by cheering crowds Waving their gathered palm branches ...

Sarah Joy Holden
Apr 163 min read
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You never left Jesus
You’re the doting Father Who’d never deceive us Confuse, mislead us Now I can see There’s no disaster Could make you leave us You never...

Neil Gracie
Feb 222 min read
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The Joy Set Before Us
With such a great cloud of witnesses surrounded, Throw off everything that hinders confounded. The sin that so easily entangled, And...

Christopher Henstone
Feb 211 min read
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In paradise
There on the cross I saw three guys The Son of God And two besides When one called out Remember me In words of love Jesus replied...

Neil Gracie
Feb 211 min read
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The Reason
Love will never stop Healing all our pain Nothing has been lost Realms of Glory gained This side of the cross We have now been raised...

Neil Gracie
Feb 21 min read
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Worship the Ancient of Days
Under my feet Lie the ashes of Babel The drug of the tree That was toxic and fatal But this garden of peace Is luscious and graceful In...

Neil Gracie
Feb 21 min read
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Camellia Bench
Camellia Bench I stumbled across a seat Strewn with camellia petals So magnificently posed And richly spread How could I sit down on it...

Neil Gracie
Feb 11 min read
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Power in Listening
It is common to make presumptions, thinking that we know what God wants to do or say, yet we have not asked him. This usually comes from...

Christopher Henstone
Jan 252 min read
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Pretty Packages
The early years of the church's riches were spilled out on beggars, the downcast, & the broken; a bond of togetherness, sharing all things.

Angie Day Peters
Jan 43 min read
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