Alternative Collects: Prayers to a Disruptive & Compassionate God Format:Paperback except in respect of the

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its what people hear you saying

Hodgson bewail[s] the C of E’s wrong-footed expression of mission: its failure to see mission as community growth

Science is still groping for a full understanding of the birth and death of time but at least it has created an elegant paradigm

Matthew Porter

Alternative Collects: Prayers to a Disruptive & Compassionate God Format:Paperback except in respect of theThese radical prayers break the mould of the collect prayers that are so familiar to millions of Christians worldwide. They are the result of the authors struggle with the blandness and predictability of so many of the churchs traditional prayers. Useful for both personal and liturgical devotion, these prayers will both challenge and nourish. Many churches use a traditional collect in their Sunday service. Some of the familiar collects stand out in