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.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Eleven poems to reflect on during Passiontide: 'a sacred time of remembering what it means for a friend, and brother, to be betrayed, to be afraid, to be humiliated, to be falsely accused, to be deserted by those who love him ' 10 pages.
Christ the King Sunday
Digital download: A thoughtful prayer of approach for celebrating the Feast of Christ the King. 3 pages.
Blessings
Digital download: Opening responses, a reflection and a blessing for a new (or 'new' used) car. 5 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A meditation on Simon of Cyrene (You - yes - you) and a set of poems for Easter Sunday (Love that breaks open stone), taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 7 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A dialogue and a reflection on the amazing possibilities opened up by the taste of bread, and how real solutions to the greed, dependency and oppression of the world are based on deep practices of sharing. 5 pages.
Commitment
Digital download: A service of commitment focusing on the worldwide struggle for justice, of 'defiant grief', in the hope of one day reaching a tipping point in favour of the poor and oppressed of the world. 8 pages.
A Communion liturgy for everyone - carrying baggage, hurts and bitterness or not: 'This is a table that needs no turning. It's already topsy-turvy. Rank means nothing, privilege is simply being human. It's the top of all top tables and at once the lowest and most accessible.' 8 pages/29 slides. PDF-only version also available.
Digital download: A Communion liturgy for everyone - carrying baggage, hurts and bitterness or not: 'This is a table that needs no turning. It's already topsy-turvy. Rank means nothing, privilege is simply being human. It's the top of all top tables and at once the lowest and most accessible.' 8 pages. Combined PDF and PowerPoint version also available.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A reflection with Bible-reading and a poem on the theme of moving forward into the new year and keeping resolutions. Taken from the book Going Home Another Way, by Neil Paynter. 7 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer on the theme of change and ageing. Taken from the book Going Home Another Way, by Neil Paynter.,4 pages.
Care For Creation
A collection of prayers and poems having its roots in the Gaelic alphabet and in the tradition of understanding Christ as the Alpha and Omega, the Tree of Life.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A Christingle service plus a song for the service, taken from the book Candles & Conifers by Ruth Burgess. 6 pages.
Books
A collection of prayers and poems having its roots in the Gaelic alphabet and in the tradition of understanding Christ as the Alpha and Omega, the Tree of Life.
A book for all of us who feel instinctively that there is something badly wrong with our global system of trade and finance, where money for its own sake is valued over jobs and people's lives, but don't know how to start suggesting alternatives.