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The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it (Psalm 24:1) Aren’t two sparrows sold only for a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground (Matthew 10:29)   The sparrow builds a nest of twigs, finds seeds in the hedgerow, water…

Jesus said, ‘Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.’ Luke 11:9-10 (NRSV) So we come…

‘Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.’ (Psalm 42:5,11; 43:5 NRSV) 5 Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless?     I trust you! And I will praise you again…

‘When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.’ Acts 2:1 Holy Spirit, we unite in prayer to greet you. From every land, in cities, towns and villages, in great cathedrals and small groups under the trees, as individuals in the home or workplace, and…

‘Grace and peace to you from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him…

The events we recall at Passiontide and Easter evoke a mixture of emotions: fear and confusion, hopelessness and despair, turning to anticipation, awe, praise and thanksgiving. Current events in our world may produce in us some similar emotions. As we weep for those lives lost in the air crash of…