He was in the world: Meditations for Public Worship

Twenty-five meditations covering personal, pastoral and biblical themes. Notes with each meditation suggest appropriate ways of using the material. Pastoral: The starfish * The clown * The teachers * I never wanted to be born * Fourspeak Personal: The rabbit hutch * Pethla * On the bus * The cupboard * Writing it down * The saints of God Biblical: When the time was right * On the eighth day * Meeting God * He was in the world * Behold the Lamb of God * The testimony and prayers of three anonymous children * Lazarus * The tree * We did not want to go * The stranger * Three stone meditations * God s own people

This is a collection of 25 meditations for use in public worship. Covering a range of personal, pastoral and biblical themes, these meditations can be used as part of congregational worship, with smaller assemblies (such as a prayer group) or in a house group or youth fellowship. Notes accompanying each meditation suggest appropriate situations for its use.