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During the past year I have joined the daily online streaming of the Anglican
Service of Morning Prayer. The informal 20-minute service with psalms and readings for the day plus discussion and prayer, is a helpful way to start the day and to direct my focus. My favourite part of the liturgy from
A Prayer Book for Australia is the prayer:
The night has passed and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind:
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It makes me think about how we usually start the day.
Norman Shanks of the Iona Community wrote in the book
Raelene Weissel
I love gardens but am no gardener. The parental ‘green thumb’ didn’t pass on to me. (Our natural bushland has its own self-managing beauty, fortunately.)
Wandering among the exhibits at our annual floral festival –
Blooming Church – is always a delightful experience. Late summer garden flowers, native plants and grasses, vegetables and fruit are all part of God’s bounty to us and here they were arranged with glorious artistry: God’s creation meets human creativity.
I marvelled at the displays in the cathedral, and above them, the vaulting timbers of the roof and the glorious stained glass windows depicting events and people from the bible. Art work and embroideries with a botanical theme were also on show. Such creativity!