January 2012
1 post
We stand at the turning of the year as Joshua on the threshold of promise. Our fears are real: may we hearGod’s voice say GO!
December 2011
8 posts
To all who follow twitturgies heartfelt love and thanks at the turning of the year. May your 2012 be faith-filled and floodlit
May what I do flow from who I am. Fulness forged from identity not achieved in activity. Action anchored in God’s acceptance of me
May Christ be found in the frantic crowds of a colossal consumer Christmas. Searching for presents may we yet find his presence
Winter unwinds in the gathering glow of Christmas. Hopes long hidden stir. Shuttered dreams creak open. God of all our longings, come
Our waiting is the waiting of the world. The adventure of advent is for all. Where humanity hungers for hope, heaven answers
God”s kingdom, like a water table, lies just below the surface of our lives. May springs break out and wells be opened up
Lead me God in paths of beauty. Tune my eyes to the wonders you have made. May the rhythms of creation set me dancing
God’s goodness is found in the fabric of earth. His glory is its future. His goal a creation fully redeemed. The fall, fixed
November 2011
13 posts
Rebuild the bridges God, from heaven to this place. Clear clogged channels. Let your blessing be earthed all around us
Fix my focus, God, on the city you are building. The civility you ask of me. The civilisation you are shaping in the world
Once upon a time God made a man and a woman. “Love each other” he said, “love my world”. Can’t wait to see how the story ends
Supermarkets, ocean-wide, offer waves of wonder. Billboards as big as Bermuda beckon. Guide my small sail God on this siren sea
Teach me God to be aware of my failngs but wise to the wiles of my accuser. Let conviction silence the voice of condemnation
Wake my sleeping soul to the song you sing today God. Strengthen weak knees. My tired and trembling hands be raised in praise
Mark a way for me to walk today God, and give me grace to follow it. May my pathway be a runway for the coming of your kingdom
Random encounters count for the kingdom. Casual conversations are causal in the God”s purposes. May I be open God to you
The lamb who is enthroned is also wounded. Suffering love sits at the centre of all things - and the whole world worships
God is the model maker. Glue-fingered, brow furrowed, I work at his side. The fruit is models. The joy is time together
#Berlin Only monuments and memories remain of the wall that scarred the world. May the hurts that built it be as quickly healed
Clothe me with blessings God. Your joy my jacket warm against the wind. Your strength my scarf. Your words my walking boots
Rich as dark Swiss chocolate; light as egg soufflé. Strong as marmite. Soft as marshmallow. Faith finds movement in every mood
October 2011
13 posts
We move towards a future already pictured for us. Many languages honouring one lamb. All the tribes arrayed around one throne
On every road I face fear says ‘don’t walk here’. Make me deaf God to such taunts and alert to the voice of faith
One king rises with the tides of time, one falls at the first fence. History outranks them both. Only God outranks history
May this night-time crossing of a dark and anxious sea be to us a Red Sea lreacue. Meet us on this ocean, God of liberation
If the rain’s coming God give me courage to walk without an umbrella. If blessings are falling, give me wisdom to catch them
The journey of faith does not begin when I confess my love for God. It begins when I realise that depth to which God loves me
Forge in me God your kingdom energy. Let a fountain bubble up within. May the dreams you dream be the streams that I soak in
Show me God the things you are doing to which I have been blind. May I hear the words you are speaking to which I have been deaf
Where the rivers of my dreams are dry God feed my imagination. Where my energy for life runs low pour out your power
Speak to us God in mercy today. May we know what it is that you want us to hear and hear what it is that you want us to know
The world is itemised and indexed but some things outstretch even google. Thank you God for the unsearchable riches of Christ
Three words define my journey. Creator: you have made me. Redeemer, you came seeking me. Spirit you are present to me now
May I never take for granted the favour you have granted God. From the sun rising to my safe setting may gratitude ground me
September 2011
16 posts
God let the language of heaven loosen my tongue. To speak life. To pronounce blessing. To call into being a future yet unseen
Your presence God is my confidence, your promise my inheritance. I relish the now of your kingdom and lean into the not yet
Thank you God that you confront me with the truth about myself. You love me too much to lie. Undone before you, I am safe
Prayers are dreams wearing words. Hopes given voice. You can dream without praying but you cannot truly pray without a dream
A rocking feeling rolls across our culture. Foundations shake. Earth quakes. We search for sane solutions. Send us wisdom God
Save me God from scrubbing up the outside of the dish. Dispose of dead bones. Dust dark corners. Refine me from the inside out
Build a highway God across the high plains of history. Lay a landing strip in our lives for your kingdom. Come, Messiah come
Spill over Spirit of God from heart to mind and mind to body. May peace flow into healing. Let consolation trigger recreation
New stories may entertain us: but older stories bring us life. New songs make us sing along - old songs make us wise
May these meadows be medicine to us God: a landscape showing layers of your love. From these pastures shape a place of prayer
From where I stand the road is in shadow. Corners are coming that I can’t see round. Show me God the view from where you stand
May the worries of my mouth, and the medication of my soul, be unnecessary in your strength, oh Lord my rock and my redeemer
The mountain is not before me. It is within me. Come, mountain-moving God. May faith reform the landscape of my soul
The foundation stone of faith is trust. If I do not trust in God’s intentions for me, I cannot by faith embrace his purposes
A new season invites me: roads untravelled; histories unwritten. New shores unexplored. Fix my heart God on faith’s adventure