Christian Prayers & Resources

inspired by the Celtic Christian Church

Resources for Worship, Prayer and Study

(All these links were active nov 2009 - let me know of broken links)
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If you are interested in Celtic Christianity please click here to take part in a survey on Celtic Spirituality  - part of an ongoing research programme being undertaken by Professor Leslie J. Francis and Revd Gill Hall

Music in worship

Charles Wesley's Hymns including MIDI files, history and biog

A Collection of Hymns for the people known as Methodists. Read the John Wesley book online

The Gregorian Association

Medievaland Renaissance music

Christian Choral Music Shareware

Taize - A range of mp3 samples of Taize chants

Worship Together - A US site with lots of articles on worship, free downloads and the famous New Song Cafe!

Worship Music Instruction: Learn to play and practice Christian songs - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, singing instructions.

The Journal of John Wesley - A fascinating record of an amazing man. Get the atmosphere of those early days from his own diary.

The Pursuit of God by A W Tozer. A great book by a great man!

Charles Spugeon's 'All of Grace'

The truly excellent Christian Classics collection with its vast range of online books, including many written by the early Church leaders - If you've the time it's a fascinating resource

The Anglican Church is generous enough to publish their Common Worship text on the web, downloadable in .pdf format

Litany - www.liturgy.co.nz based in New Zealand has a great choice of prayers and worship resources that follow through the liturgical year

The Catholic Church is well represented, as one would expect, and here's a good resource on prayer from their viewpoint.

For those who are into the traditions of the Church, the ultimate Book of Common Prayer site

The web site of the Iona Community is at the heart of Celtic Spirituality, and home to lots of superb resources

Sacred Space - invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day,and spend ten minutes, praying here and now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.

24/7 prayer - exactly what it says!

Hannah's prayer ministries - International Christian resource and support network for couples facing infertility, miscarriage or neonatal loss. Newsletter, support chapters, chat room

The voice in the stillness. An overview of some Christian ways of meditation.

Sylvia Maddox on celtic Prayer. Recognizing God's Presence in Our Every Experience

The history of the rosary - for non-Catholics who want to know!

The various Christian liturgies are described each under its own name

Introduction to Medieval Christian Liturgy in the West

WELCOME to this liturgical library, a collection of authorized and other texts used in the Church of England and in the wider Anglican Communion and elsewhere

Lost in Wonder! You are warmly invited to journey through the ten stages of this on-line labyrinth, devised by the Methodist Church, but offered to all.

The Christian Prayer Center connects faithful Christians to those who are in need of prayer. Submit a prayer request, or pray for others on our urgent prayer list.

History

Bible Maps What are the major cities of historic Israel? What territory did God give each of the children of Israel as an inheritance after they left Egypt under Moses?

Into history? Then you must visit Bible History online.com. It is awesome! Their mission statement is "The Bible was written in an envoirnment that is now unfamiliar to most of its readers. The individual realization of the modern world with its new facilities, products, and problems is quite different from the social and economic conditions described in the Bible. Some of its language is puzzling, and can easily be miscronstrued if one does not have some explanation of the ancient background." - Merrill C. Tenney

The Christian Catacombs of Rome
A fascinating site which arose from the need to spread the knowledge of the catacombs as historical evidence on the martyrs and on the faith of the early Church.
What are really the catacombs? Why did the Christians dig their cemeteries underground? When did they originate? Why did they develop so extensively? Why are they located outside the city walls, along the great consular roads? Is it true that the catacombs were the secret hiding places of the Christians during the persecutions? Since the catacombs are only cemeteries, how can they tell us the history of the early Church in Rome? Find out more

Religion in Victorian Britain- Some fascinating insights into a remarkable age, including the link between Jane Eyre, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Bible

The Dead Sea Scrolls
These have been in the news recently with the publication of the texts. Read a comprehensive account of these fascinating texts, discovered when in 1947, young Bedouin shepherds, searching for a stray goat in the Judean Desert, entered a long-untouched cave and found jars filled with ancient scrolls

The Celtic World History, Christianity and Literature.

Saints - From St Aaron to St Zoticus. And not forgeting St Isadore (left), Patron Saint of Internet Users...... but of course you already knew that. 

Study

A selection of Commentaries from the good folk at Crosswalk

Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley's commentary on the whole Bible was produced between 1754 and 1765.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
This one volume commentary was prepared by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown and published in 1871.

An Understandable History of the Bible - (complete online book) Where is the Bible? How did we get it? These questions, though simple, have baffled the mind of man for years. Even Christians today wonder if they really have the Word of God. Most Christians are interested in how the Bible came to us through history.

The Bible History, Old Testament by Alfred Edersheim was originally published 1876-1887 in seven volumes. This electronic version of his work is from an edition that appeared in 1890 which contains all seven volumes.

Bible Gateway: The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading scripture online. Additionally, it provides advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords.

The Bible -Bible Society is an advocate for the Bible in contemporary cultures, resourcing and influencing those who shape society and making the Bible heard by all. 

OTHERS

The Methodist Church (UK) website

Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine 

 Crosswalk Directory:
Over 18,000 wholesome, family friendly, Christian websites.

Listed in the UK Christian Bookshops Directory 

UK Apologetics
(A quality Apologetics site which is now the biggest such Protestant resource in Europe)

UK Christian Websites
(A one-page directory of outstanding UK-based Christian websites which focus on quality Christian teaching)

RockinWorship - was designed to help set up Worship Departments from scratch.

Twelve Baskets - a Methodist Church iniative which has lots of worship resources, images, movies etc etc

Fenland Community Church - Our primary focus is with people with a learning disability. Almost all our meetings are designed with their needs as a priority. Some resources online

Bible Rhymes - BibleRhymes tells popular Bible stories through easily understandable poetry so people of all ages can enjoy the messages the Bible offers. So far it has published three very popular Christian children’s books such as Creation, Noah and the Ark, and The Christmas Story, all creatively written by Ken McCardell.

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