Episodes

  • This is my story: The colours of creation
    Aug 21 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month Revd Jayne Taylor, a minister in the United Reformed Church [URC] and trustee of the Open Table Network, reflects on her experience of the diversity of gender beyond the male/female binary.

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    4 mins
  • This is my story: Made to shine
    Jul 17 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month, Sarah Jones wonders how we can honour who God has created us to be.

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    5 mins
  • This is my story: Finding I was lost
    May 22 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer.This month, former OTN trustee and Open Table community leader Revd Anne Bennett reflects on her experience of discovering a new meaning in an old story.

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    4 mins
  • This is my story: Life to the full
    Apr 29 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer.This month, OTN trustee Carol Joyner reflects on her experience of finding consolation in the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

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    4 mins
  • This is my story: Becoming perfect
    Mar 14 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month, Alan Harbottle reflects on his search for Christian perfection and how he has learned to trust that he is good enough.


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    6 mins
  • This is my story: Do not call unclean what God has made clean
    Feb 18 2024

    'This is my story' is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month, Richard Bibby-Brooke, an Open Table Wirral member, reflects on how God called him to serve, to love and be loved, despite Richard feeling he wasn’t good enough.

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    5 mins
  • This is my story: God’s good gifts
    Jan 26 2024

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month we hear from OTN Co-Chair Sarah Hobbs, on what it means to be truly authentic with God.

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    4 mins
  • This is my story - More like Jesus
    Nov 12 2023

    ‘This is my story’ is an occasional series of short devotions, based around the Bible, the experiences of Open Table members, reflection and prayer. This month we hear from OTN trustee Neil Rees, on revisiting Scripture to finds its message of radical inclusion.

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    4 mins