Advent & Christmas
An Advent Calendar with a difference – in the form of a book. Instead of cardboard cut-outs the ‘windows’ we open are word-pictures and stories from the Land called Holy. Readers can respond with prayer.
Advent & Christmas
An Advent Calendar with a difference – in the form of a book. Instead of cardboard cut-outs the ‘windows’ we open are word-pictures and stories from the Land called Holy. Readers can respond with prayer.
Easter Sunday
Digital download: An Eastertide resource for individual reflection or group worship, inspired by a landmark on the Isle of Mull. It can be adapted for other locations, inside and out, online or for a recorded service. 10 pages.
Meditations & Reflections
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, many people turned to writing. Human words, sent out across the void of our isolation. Here are the voices of just a few – with poems, psalms, songs, affirmations of faith and prayers written during a full and fraught ten weeks.
Meditations & Reflections
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, many people turned to writing. Human words, sent out across the void of our isolation. Here are the voices of just a few – with poems, psalms, songs, affirmations of faith and prayers written during a full and fraught ten weeks.
Advent & Christmas
Readings, poems and prayers for Advent, moving between the islands of Mull and Iona and the hills of the West Bank and Jerusalem: places ‘on the edge’ – where God comes to us in human form, as living Word, as light out of darkness.
Advent & Christmas
Readings, poems and prayers for Advent, moving between the islands of Mull and Iona and the hills of the West Bank and Jerusalem: places ‘on the edge’ – where God comes to us in human form, as living Word, as light out of darkness.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A short liturgy of prayer and blessing for the end of the day, from the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. With additional material. 8 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.
Digital download: A new version (words only) of the traditional Easter hymn 'Jesus Christ is risen today', which provides the first verse. The five new verses unfold the story of the morning of the resurrection. 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.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A short liturgy of thanksgiving, for small-group or individual prayer, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. No. 1 of a 'Liturgies for Healing' series. 9 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.
Books
Poems of strong and well-crafted connections - between communities in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories; between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the natural world - and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and humour.
Poems of strong and well-crafted connections - between communities in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories; between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the natural world - and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and humour.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A meditation on the Advent/Christmas story that can be used as part of an all-age act of worship, such as a carol service. 3 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A service of waiting and hope, built around the prophecies of Jeremiah and also linked to the theme of water and baptism. From the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 8 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A service for the dawn of Easter Sunday, ideal for the open air rather than inside a church building. A special time of the morning on a very special day. From the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 11 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A simple service of lamentation for Good Friday that can be used by groups of 10 or 12 people in various locations such as people's homes or in different parts of a church building. From the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 8 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Meditations for Good Friday based on experiences of Iona Community island staff who have worked with people on the edge socially, economically and emotionally. Each meditation includes reference to a Bible passage and can be used for personal reflection or as part of a service. From the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 16 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A ceremony of foot-washing, Agape or Communion, the stripping of the church, and a vigil for 'the disappeared' and for prisoners of conscience. Taken from the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 13 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: An extensive Stations of the Cross with, at each station, a Bible reading and a testimony from a person who witnessed one of the events in the story. This is very much a community event in which everyone can be involved. Taken from the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 40 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A service for the day when Jesus demonstrates what his claim to messiahship really means and what his Kingdom is really about - for committing ourselves to the values of the upside-down Kingdom of the unlikely Messiah Jesus, who stands today in the heart of the military-industrial complex and declares: 'Peace.' Taken from the book The Cross in the Marketplace, by Dave Broom. 7 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A pilgrimage for the start of Holy Week, mainly in the form of dramatic scripts for each stopping point. Although based on the weekly Iona pilgrimage, it can be adapted for any local environment, including urban ones, or even be used within the church itself. Taken from the book The Cross in the Marketplace, by Dave Broom. 34 pages.