Palestine
A cycle of prayers written as a sign to the author’s friends in Gaza that they are not alone and that even in the countries arming their enemies people are praying. 35 pages.
Digital download: A reflection to help hear God’s healing voice for all caregivers who may feel wearied by the task. 2 pages.
Meditations
This reflection and meditation, written out of the experience of lockdown due to Covid-19 in 2020, can be used during any period in life in which you are feeling troubled or perplexed, and are seeking to journey deep within for answers. 6 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: A reflection and meditation on homelessness, together with some ideas for taking practical and political action. 6 pages.
Bullying
Digital download: A liturgy in seven sections, for use in a small group with those who are burdened by bullying. There is also a reflection on bullying in the church. 33 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections and prayers at a time of division, from the Iona Community. 25 pages.
Difficult times
For a Person with a Chronic Long-Term Illness (PDF download)
Digital download: A liturgy for those who are suffering long-term pain or illness. With additional material. 10 pages.
Iona Prayer Circle
Digital download: A short liturgy addressing the wounds of our world and the dark places where people suffer and are oppressed. 7 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: A liturgy to support someone who is facing a difficult choice, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. 10 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: A prayer for those who lock themselves away from the world, for use on the first Sunday after Easter. 2 pages.
Digital download: A short liturgy for someone who has suffered abuse, injustice or cruelty at the hands of others, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. 9 pages.
Digital download: A short liturgy in support of someone who is walking the last road of life, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. 12 pages.
Iona Prayer Circle
Digital download: A short liturgy for a sick child, for small-group or individual prayer, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. No. 2 of a 'Liturgies for Healing' series. 11 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: A short liturgy for a troubled family situation, for small-group or individual prayer, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. No. 3 in a series of 'Liturgies for healing'. 9 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections, prayers, stories, poems and a hymn addressing the plight of modern-day refugees, who yearn for community and security, who long to be settled and live in peace. 18 pages.
Creation & Environment
Digital download: A liturgy lamenting the greed that damages the planet, the suffering of refugees and displaced people, and decline in faith. Lamenting allows us to grieve together and offer our sorrows to God. The value of lamentation is that it can unfreeze us - and lead to action. 10 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Shelter, the need to feel safe, is a fundamental human need. Today thousands of people are fleeing into Europe seeking sanctuary - on the run from violence, terror, injustice. We cannot sit comfortably in our own places of shelter and not act to influence the shelter that is offered to those for whom it is a matter of survival. This liturgy offers an opportunity to reflect on shelter and what it means. 5 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: Four reflective liturgies for Advent based on the memories of Mary about the birth and early life of her son, with an emphasis on the similarity between then and now as difficult times in which to live. 14 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Prayers, reflections and a poem relating to illness and caring, taken from the book Moments of Our Nights and Days, by Ruth Burgess. 4 pages.
Difficult times
Digital download: Liturgies, prayers, reflections and a poem relating to the breakdown of relationships, taken from the book Moments of Our Nights and Days, by Ruth Burgess. 17 pages.
City living
Digital download: A litany for walking the streets of a city, taken from the book Wild Goose Chase, by Annie Heppenstall. The author says, 'The litany arose out of a desire within our church community to surround the area with prayer following a street shooting. So a group began to meet to walk quietly around the area, stopping at significant places to pray, to sing and to light candles.' 5 pages.
Blessings
Digital download: Blessings for going and growing, taken from A Book of Blessings by Ruth Burgess. 7 pages.
Blessings
Digital download: Blessings and prayers for times of darkness and for those in distress, taken from A Book of Blessings by Ruth Burgess. 4 pages.
Digital download: A short service of grief, anger and thanks to mark the birth of a stillborn child, taken from the book The Pattern of Our Days, ed. Kathy Galloway. 2 pages
Difficult times
Digital download: A liturgy for those facing serious illness, taken from the book Praying for the Dawn by Ruth Burgess and Kathy Galloway.