Author: Robin.Kyd

Prayer of the Week 4 July 2021

O God, all-sufficient one,
we give you thanks and praise that you are all we need.
You are enough.
Thank you that you love us so much,
and provide everything we need for the journey of life.
You didn’t promise that following you would be easy,
but we thank you that you care about us
as you do the birds of the sky and the lilies in the field.
You know our every need.
Thank you that your thoughts are higher than our thoughts,
your ways higher than our ways.
Thank you that when we come to you empty, your arms reach out to embrace us.
Amen

Morning Prayer Friday, 2 July 2021

Good morning, Cornerstone Friends, on this first Friday in July. We begin this day with gratitude: Dear Lord, thank you for this day. Thank you that through its highs and lows, you have promised to sustain me. There may be troubles but you will not allow them to crush me. Thank you that the same power...

Evening Prayer Thursday, 1 July 2021

A reading from Psalm 48 1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. 3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 1 July 2021

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want The twenty-third Psalm is the greatest poem ever penned in any language. It reigns supreme in circles of highest culture and in the humble homes of the lowly. It sounds all the chords of human experience. Robert C. McQuilkin Maurice Pink, a British World War II veteran...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Good morning, good Cornerstone people. Let us prepare for another day. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul shall glory in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. I sought the...

Climate Change Poem by Maureen

Yesterday, I found God’s canvas outside my train window. I passed the countryside and saw the beauty that lies within each brush stroke, the type of miracle that only grows beneath the soil. Since the beginning, we’ve had a habit of crossing boundaries against nature’s fruits. Left to our own devices we would have probably turned...

Service of the Word for Sunday, 27 June 2021

This Service will be held on Zoom at 10.00 am. Details of the link to the Zoom session are: Topic: Sunday Worship – 27 June 2021 Time: Jun 27, 2021 10:00 AM London https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83262944832?pwd=VWR3QWpnajJ4ZkVKaXBTV1dCdG90UT09 Meeting ID: 832 6294 4832 Passcode: 635591 Preacher: Revd George Mwaura Led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Call to Worship Planet Earth, spinning silently through...

Sermon for Sunday, 27 June 2021

By Revd George Mwaura Romans 13: 8–14 and Matthew 18: 15–20 Creation and Sustainability: Caring for Mother Earth Here is a riddle for you: ‘What did the storm say to the hurricane?’ ‘I have my eye on you.’ Here is another one: ‘What did one tornado say to the other?’ ‘Let’s twist again like we did last...

Prayer of the Week 27 June 2021

Creator God, as we marvel and reflect on the wonders of our amazing yet fragile habitat, we celebrate the wonders of Earth as our home.
Help us to reflect how we have polluted our planet and teach us to be alert to the groans of creation.
May we be conscious of your presence on earth as a living sanctuary and learn to lovingly care for this home,
through Christ our Lord, who was there during creation.
Amen

Evening Prayer Friday, 25 June 2021

Good evening, everyone.  Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. During the last eighteen months many people have been through all sorts of ups and downs in their experiences. Earlier this week, Don used again a prayer from Sunday morning’s service which referred to this and which reminds us that God is with us wherever along this continuum...

Morning Prayer Friday, 25 June 2021

God’s constant unchangeable care Good morning, Cornerstone friends, at the end of a week of no constancy other than constant change. Let us begin today in praise. My God, it is incredibly comforting to begin the day remembering how much you care for us, how close you remain to us, despite our fickle favourites and our...

Evening Prayer, Thursday, 24 June 2021

Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 5 I wait for the Lord,...

Morning Prayer Thursday, 24 June 2021

Greatly to be Praised I will praise You with my whole heart; … I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name; for your loving kindness and your truth; …. Psalm 138: 1–2a In Psalm 138, we find the song of ‘a man after God’s own heart’, who had travelled a long journey down...

Morning Prayer Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Good morning, good Cornerstone friends. We are halfway through 2021 already. Don’t wait too long to do those things you intended to do; time flies. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives all...

Music to End Sunday, 20 June 2021

Good evening, friends. St John’s Gospel, chapter 14 provides wonderful words of comfort to sustain us through this great season of Pentecost. ‘If you love me, you will obey my commands; and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another to be your advocate, who will be with you for ever – The Spirit...