Digital download: Four liturgies focusing on trans affirmation inspired by the International Transgender Day of Visibility. They explicitly celebrate trans and non-binary people and include a trans naming liturgy. 23 pages.
Digital download: A collection of resources created by members of the Iona Community’s LGBTQ+ Common Concern Network as a reflection of all that they seek to celebrate and affirm. Includes prayers, poems, reflections and songs. 36 pages.
Digital download: Resources for Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20th. Includes an invocation, a reading, a reflection, an act of remembrance, a letting go activity and intercessions. 8 pages.
Valentine's Day
Digital download: A reflection and resources for Valentine’s Day, focusing on a broader interpretation of what it represents. Includes two finger labyrinths to use as tools for reflection. 11 pages.
Meditations & Reflections
A book of reflections, meditations and prayers for Advent and Christmas, Lent, Holy Week and Easter, Ascension and Pentecost arising out of conversations about faith, love, doubt and hope.
Meditations & Reflections
A book of reflections, meditations and prayers for Advent and Christmas, Lent, Holy Week and Easter, Ascension and Pentecost arising out of conversations about faith, love, doubt and hope.
Blessings
Digital download: Fifteen prayers inspired by the interior of church buildings, seven of which can be used to dedicate a place of worship and the others used for more personal reflection, ending with a prayer for the city, town or village. 10 pages.
Digital download: An act of remembrance and a sermon for Transgender Day of Remembrance, plus some extra resources. Taken from the book Transgender Christian Human. 17 pages.
The life story (so far) of Alex Clare-Young, the first out transgender minister in the United Reformed Church. Includes resources and activities to encourage individuals and groups to explore the subject of gender identity.
The life story (so far) of Alex Clare-Young, the first out transgender minister in the United Reformed Church. Includes resources and activities to encourage individuals and groups to explore the subject of gender identity.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A dialogue between the three Wise Men about the meaning of the new star and the implications of the birth that it foretells. 6 pages.
Digital download: Three reflections and a prayer for situations of death and bereavement. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 6 pages.
Witty and reflective poems of faith and doubt, ranging from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden to the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich's hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin.
Books
Witty and reflective poems of faith and doubt, ranging from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden to the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich's hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A series of prayers, reflections and symbolic actions for Advent that can be led by several voices. Three sections, focusing on John the Baptist, Mary and Jesus. 12 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Five reflections on peace and reconciliation that follow a pattern of beginning with inner reconciliation, moving through reconciliation in our worshipping community or church, to reconciliation in the world. They provide a resource that can be developed for use in small groups, large conferences or personal meditation. 10 pages.
Advent & Christmas
A mixture of resources for an all-age Christingle service, with lots of lively participation, actions and singing. 27 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Reflections and meditations on what it is to be a mother and on new models of God. Can be used for personal contemplation or as readings in a service or group. 9 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Poet Richard Skinner refashions the Easter story as a lyrical ballad in the tradition of of works such as 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It provides a different and very readable way of approaching the events of the first Easter. 31 pages.
All-age resources
Digital download: A fun service for all that involves making pancakes (and eating them afterwards) and thinking about the journey of Lent that we are about to set out on. 5 pages.
Ash Wednesday
Digital download: A preparation for the period of reflection and prayer that is Lent; a call to come back to God and to come back to the earth. Includes marking of the palm of the hand with ashes. 7 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Four sets of words for Remembrance Sunday (some with roles for 3 or 4 speakers), plus a poem/reflection. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 9 pages.
Digital download: A new, participative service for Maundy Thursday, leading into Communion, to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 9 pages.
Digital download: A new, original liturgy for the Monday of Holy Week (based on John 12:1-8, Jesus anointed at Bethany), to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 7 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: An original service for Good Friday which ends with a symbolic action, to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 9 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A guided meditation for the night before the crucifixion, leading directly into Holy Communion. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 3 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A service of prayers, responses, readings and symbolic actions etc for a communal meal in the style of a Jewish Passover seder, leading into a celebration of Holy Communion. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 6 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A reflection for three voices on the events of Pentecost and why they were described in terms of wind and fire. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 6 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A guided exercise for reflecting on death and the fruits of death during Holy Week, taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 1 page.