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Tag: hope

when advent isn’t about waiting

November 30, 2009Cheryl4 Commentsblog, worship in prisonchristmas, hope, Port Phillip Prison

i’m preparing a meditation for Port Phillip Prison on Thursday night – the first in a series I’m doing there through December. Last year we focussed the service around the question ‘what are you waiting for?’ – and i realised after getting about 15 seconds into the first service that what we were doing was…

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the futile gesture

November 27, 2009Cherylbloggraffiti, hope

Taken on the phone, around the corner from home…

psalms

May 10, 2007Cheryl6 Commentsblog, worship in prisonhope, prisons, psalms in prison, writing by prisoners

I was back at the prison today – the Marlborough Unit in Pt Philip, [maximum security, men with intellectual disabilities]. I was last there in February when we were writing statements of faith. Today we were writing psalms of lament. There were two men who came to worship today, Phil and Alf. A couple of…

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about the atlas…

February 23, 2007Cheryl2 Commentsworship in prisonhope, prison, reflections, theology

[just cut a few paras out of this. realised i was doing exactly what i was wanting not to do!] I need to say – as i read last night’s uncensored blurt again – that the conversations with the men yesterday about beliefs and faith and life and hope were good. we’re going to write…

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