Author: Robin.Kyd

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. The nights really are beginning to draw in now, aren’t they? With the colder temperatures we have felt on some days this week, it seems to me that winter is fast approaching. But that means that Advent draws near too. I remember being told at school that Advent...

Give Thanks Good morning to you all who have come to the Cornerstone to join us in prayer, wherever or whenever you are in the world. You are very welcome on this last Friday in November. This is the day after Thanksgiving, the United States’ national day of gratefulness, celebrated by people of all faiths and...

A reading from Psalm 80 1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. 3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. 8 You transplanted a...

How to Overcome Discouragement I stood up and said … ‘Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome ….’ Nehemiah 4: 14 NIV® First Find a better Way While rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls, Nehemiah said, ‘I looked things over.’ Realising there were enemies to be defeated and obstacles to overcome, he ‘stationed...

Good morning on Wednesday 25 November, a month to go before Christmas. It is, I guess, going to be a different one from any we have had before. We are waiting to find out which tier we will be in after 2 December, and next Sunday we begin Advent. Blessed be the Lord, for he has...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our prayer time on Friday evening. In our prayers this evening, in response to the words ‘Loving God,’ I invite you to respond, ‘bring your peace.’ Living God, we feel so small and insignificant in the wonderful world you have created, that we are astounded that you are concerned about each...

Good morning, my Cornerstone family, friends and Friday-morning meaning-seekers! Throw open your curtains and take a look at today. Have you noticed the difference in November light? It has no deep glow from autumn leaves, now mostly gone. The sun, so low in the sky, works hard to pierce the clouds. It’s as if the light...

A reading of Psalm 100 1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and...

Choose Peace Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4: 2–3 NIV® Alfred Nobel made a fortune from the invention of dynamite, which changed the course of warfare. Perhaps because of the horrors that...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. The trees are mostly bare now and we are moving closer to Advent. It feels more like winter, and in a normal year we would be counting shopping days before Christmas. Let us stop thinking of counting and spend time on more important things. Hold not your peace, O God, do not...