Voices of Hope is a collection of Daily Reflections for Lent 2019 written by 40 LGBTI+ Christians, who will each share a Bible verse or passage that has helped sustain them through testing and difficult times.
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We hope these will be a source of inspiration to you, and bring comfort, hope and healing as we journey through Lent together. The themes that we will cover are:
Mar 6th – 9th Introduction to series
Mar 11th – 16th All One in Christ
Mar 18th – 23rd Created in God’s Image
Mar 25th – 30th The Healing Power of Love
Apr 1st – 6th Hope in a Desert Place
Apr 8th – 13th Truths to Live By
Apr 15th – 20th God Will See Us Home
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Posts to date are:
Easter Day – Breaking the Silence – Rt Revd Nicholas Chamberlain, Bishop of Grantham
God Will See Us Home
April 20th 2019 – Hayley Matthews, Coming Home, Zeph 3: 18-120
April 19th 2019 – Peter Leonard, Being Prophetic, Micah 6: 8
April 18th 2019 – Claire Jones, God is a Starter-Finisher, Phil 1: 6
April 17th 2019 – Jenny Clarke, Confidence in Christ, Phil 1: 6
April 16th 2019 – Tracey Byrne, The Bigger Picture, Jer 29: 11
April 15th 2019 – Jeremy Marks, Clearing the Smog, Phil 4: 8
Truths to Live By
April 13th 2019 – Savi Hensman, Don’t Give Up, Isaiah 42: 3
April 12th 2019 – Sue Johns, Don’t Try to Understand, Job 42: 3
April 11th 2019 – Nigel Evans, Don’t Panic!, Isaiah 41: 10
April 10th 2019 – Lucy Gorman, The Battle is God’s, 2 Chron 20: 15
April 9th 2019 – Jeffrey John, Don’t Conceal the Truth, John 8: 32
April 8th 2019 – Erika Baker, Do Not Fear – You Are Mine, Isaiah 43: 1
Hope in a Desert Place
April 6th 2019 – Sarah Jones, Holy Ground, Exodus 3: 1 – 6
April 5th 2019 – Steven Hilton, God Never Lets Us Go, 1 Thess 5: 24
April 4th 2019 – Clare Bryden, Springs in the Desert, Psalm 84: 5-6
April 3rd 2019 – Elaine Summers, Flying High, Isaiah 40: 31
April 2nd 2019 – David Monteith, Longings, Psalm 42: 1
April 1st 2019 – Ruth Gilson-Webb, Windmills, Habakkuk 3: 17-19
The Healing Power of Love
March 29th 2019 – Jay Greene, Take Heart, Daughter, Matt 9: 22
March 28th 2019 – Alex Huzzey, Seeing is Believing, John 9: 25b
March 27th 2019 – Ann Reddecliffe, Listening for Love, 1 John 4: 7 – 8
March 26th 2019 – Andrew Foreshew-Cain, Be Still, Psalm 46: 10
March 25th 2019 – Hannah Cartwright, Under the Shadow of Your Wing, Psalm 63: 7
Created in God’s Image
March 23rd 2019 – Robert Hammond, The Best Bolly, 2 Cor 4: 7
March 22nd 2019 – Tina Beardsley, No More Shame, Psalm 34: 4 – 5
March 21st 2019 – Philip Baldwin, Healing & Hope, Luke 7: 6 – 7
March 20th 2019 – Sara Gillingham, Wonderfully Created, Psalm 139: 13 – 14
March 19th 2019 – Neil Patterson, Flesh of My Flesh, Genesis 2: 18, 23
March 18th 2019 – Rachel Mann, The Broken Body, I Cor 10: 16
All One in Christ
March 16th 2019 – Ayla Lepine, Daring to Abide, John 15: 4
March 15th 2019 – Jide Macaulay, My Beloved…, Romans 9: 25 – 26
March 14th 2019 – Andy Marshall, Nothing Means Nothing, Romans 8: 38 – 39
March 13th 2019 – Andrea King, May They Also Be In Us, John 17: 20 – 21
March 12th 2019 – Alex Clare-Young, Breaking Down Dividing Walls, Gal 3: 28
March 11th 2019 – Luke Dowding, Holding on to Hope, Rev 7:9
Introduction
March 9th 2019 – Roy Clements, The Passion at the Heart of the Universe, Hosea 11
March 8th 2019 – Chris Newlands, International Women’s Day, Ruth 1:11
March 7th 2019 – Gareth Wardell, Change is Coming, Mark 1:11
March 6th 2019 – Jayne Ozanne, The Power of Testimony, Revelation 12:11
Our 2019 Contributors, in alphabetical order, are:
Alex Clare-Young – Breaking Down Dividing Walls
Alex Huzzey – Seeing is Believing
Andrea King – May They Also Be In Us
Andrew Foreshew-Cain – Be Still
Andrew Woodward – Deliver Us From Evil
Andy Marshall – Nothing Means Nothing
Ann Reddecliffe – Listening For Love
Chris Newlands – International Women’s Day
Claire Jones – God is a Starter-Finisher
Clare Bryden – Springs in the Desert
Erika Baker – Do Not Fear, You Are Mine
Gareth Wardell – Change is Coming!
Hannah Cartwright – Under the Shadow of God’s Wing
Jayne Ozanne – The Power of Testimony
Jay Greene – Take Heart, Daughter
Jeffrey John – Don’t Conceal the Truth
Jenny Clark – Confidence in Christ
Jeremy Marks – Clearing the Smog
Lucy Gorman – The Battle is God’s
Luke Dowding – Holding on to Hope
Neil Patterson – Flesh of My Flesh
+Nicholas Chamberlain – Breaking the Silence
Peter Leonard – Being Prophetic
Philip Baldwin – Healing & Hope
Robert Hammond – The Best Bolly
Roy Clements – The Passion at the Heart of the Universe
Sara Gillingham – Wonderfully Created
Steven Hilton – God Never Lets Us Go
Sue Jones – Dont’ Try to Understand
Tina Beardsley – No More Shame
Tracey Byrne – The Bigger Picture