Author: Ian Trimnell

Evening Prayer Tuesday, 9 February 2021

THE COLD By Wendell Berry  How exactly good it is to know myself in the solitude of winter, my body containing its own warmth, divided from all by the cold; and to go separate and sure among the trees cleanly divided, thinking of you perfect too in your solitude, your life withdrawn into your own keeping...

Morning Prayer Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Wild Bees by John Clare  These children of the sun which summer brings As pastoral minstrels in her merry train Pipe rustic ballads upon busy wings And glad the cotters’ quiet toils again. The white-nosed bee that bores its little hole In mortared walls and pipes its symphonies, And never absent couzen, black as coal, That...

Evening Prayer Monday, 8 February 2021

JUG by Elizabeth Burns    after Vermeer   A thin stream of milk poured from the heavy earthenware jug into a tureen this little slip of liquid tipping over the lip of the jug continually flowing from one vessel to another as we, all our lives, are being filled replenished and replenished Good evening and welcome to...

Morning Prayer Monday, 8 February 2021

River by Ted Hughes  Fallen from heaven, lies across The lap of his mother, broken by world. But water will go on Issuing from heaven In dumbness uttering spirit brightness Through its broken mouth. Scattered in a million pieces and buried Its dry tombs will split, at a sign in the sky, At a rending of...

Evening Prayer Wednesday, 3 February 2021

A prayer for the world   God of love and hope, you made the world and care for all creation, but the world feels strange right now. The news is full of stories about Coronavirus. Some people are worried that they might get ill. Others are anxious for their family and friends. Be with them and help...

Evening Prayers Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Unbreakable Links By Mary Oliver  I would say that there exist a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are a family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a...

Morning Prayer Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Jacob and Esau By Pádraig Ó Tuama  One day I repented my resentment because I realised I’d forgotten to repeat it. For a while—no, for a long while—it was like a prayer, rising to the skies, morning after morning, like a siren that wouldn’t quiet. And then I remembered other things: the way I walk lighter...

Evening Prayer Monday, 1 February 2021

The Word  by Zaffar Kunial  I couldn’t tell you now what possessed me to shut summer out and stay in my room. Or at least attempt to. In bed mostly. It’s my dad, standing in the door frame not entering – but pausing to shape advice that keeps coming back. “Whatever is matter,must enjoy the life.” He pronounced...

Morning Prayer Monday, 1 February 2021

All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs by Christian Wiman  All my friends are finding new beliefs. This one converts to Catholicism and this one to trees. In a highly literary and hitherto religiously-indifferent Jew God whomps on like a genetic generator. Paleo, Keto, Zone, South Beach, Bourbon. Exercise regimens so extreme she merges with machine....

Service of the Word, Sunday 31 January 2021

This Service will be by Zoom. This is the link: https://bit.ly/3b2gtjz. Full details on how to access the Zoom service can be found here. A recording of the service will be posted here when it is available. Led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Gathering Music Welcome We light a candle … Prayer of the Week Christ...

Evening Prayer Friday, 29 January 2021

Good evening everyone, welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. As our country continues to suffer from the devastating effects of coronavirus, we continue to pray for all those we know who are suffering from the disease and all those who have been bereaved. However, I think it is time for us to broaden our view a little...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 28 January 2021

Good evening friends! Another day comes to an end and as we look forward to presenting our dreams to God and asking him to forgive the wrongs of the day, let us pray together that His Spirit will speak peace to us in our sleep… Pray with me: The day is drawing to an end Lord,...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 28 January 2021

HOLDING ON IN THE DARKNESS “O Lord the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before you. Let my prayer come before You; Incline your ear to my cry!” (Psalm 88:1-2 NASB) This is a Psalm of the sons of Korah. It is an unusual lament in that it...

Evening Prayer Wednesday, 27 January

A Solstice Blessing by Pádraig Ó Tuama As night stretches here, day contracts elsewhere. And in their night, we are bathed in light. In all nights there is light; in long days there can be ache too. For you, we call the sun to stand still a while, and the moon too, and stars, and the...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Good morning to you all. I hope you are keeping well in this winter weather. Psalm 119 verses 169-176 Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your law. Let my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise. My lips shall pour forth your praise, when you have...