by Neil Ellis | Mar 16, 2020 | Prayer
A Message from the Moderator A Message and Prayer from the Moderator The Rev. Amanda Currie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, offers the following message and prayer as we struggle with the change that has come over our lives as...
by Neil Ellis | Dec 18, 2019 | Prayer
A Christmas Blessing A Christmas Blessing May the trust of Mary troubled by her strange call And Joseph’s encouragement besider her through all Be God’s gift to you. May the radiant brightness and light of the Star That hope and longing of searchers...
by Neil Ellis | Apr 3, 2019 | Prayer
We are the naked ones clothed in Your mercy. More safe are we with Your smile upon us than carrying much armour. You are our best protection against wild words that beguile. You are our fod, sweet to taste and sustaining. You are our guide at all times. The knee that...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 13, 2019 | Prayer
Your love, which breathed this world into being, invites us into deeper relationship with you, removes the shackles of power and fills us with your healing, grace and mercy. Your love, which from the moment of our birth has known and called us by name challenges our...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 16, 2019 | Prayer
One of the devotionals that I read daily is Celtic Daily Prayer Book Two: Farther Up and Farther In. I have shared prayers from this book before. However, as I was reading the other day I was stuck by a particular entry on choice. Specifically, the choices we make as...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 9, 2019 | Prayer
Security: an idol we bow to and work for and dream of. Security: an illusion we imagine and discuss and plan for. Security: a gift we find here and now and in memories and in hopes. O God of ever-present love, help us to embrace true security, fleeing from...
