With a Song in my Heart – Day 23
The Journey of faith involves following the call of God but in a noisy world it is often difficult to hear clearly. How can we find God’s will and come to a place of peace about the future?
Category: Church of England
With a Song in my Heart – Day 22
Work songs are found allover the world. Sometimes a song of praise is a reminder of our call to work for others.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 21
The Family of God, like any other family, does not always live in harmony. However Sunday by Sunday we are able together and use broken bread to help make us whole again.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 20
All too easily, as Matt REdman sang, worhsip can become ‘all about me’. We need to always remember that our own redemption is lived out most fully when we share it wiht others.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 19
Sometimes following the Way of the Cross leads to moments of personal crucifixion. In those times songs about the generous love of our Beloved carry us through the darkness
With a Song in my Heart – Day 18
Children want to worship God as much as adults do. We hinder their growth in faith when they are given only ‘grown-up’ hymns to sing or are fed on a diety of over simple ‘childish’ songs.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 17
As we journey with God our relationship changes and we may find the names we call God change with them.
This will be reflected in our worship and the way we sing our songs of love for God.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 16
On the Day of Pentecost people praised God in many different languages. There is much to be gained by stepping out of the comfort zone of your Mother Tongue and choosing to praise the Lord in an unfamiliar language of fellow members of the Body of Christ. Geniet di reis 🙂
With a Song in my Heart – Day 15
Every so often hymn and a moment in your life intersect and you know that those words and that tune will carry you all the way to the Gates of the Celestial City. This is the one for me.
With a Song in my Heart – Day 14
Because faith is such a personal and intimate experience and we cherish our own ways of worship it is all to easy to belittle the worship of others. We are required to be humble and diligent in prayer rather than ‘holier than thou’
Suffolk Vicar 