{"content":[{"text":"Revd Elizabeth Clark, National Rural Officer for the Methodist and United Reformed Church","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.08394,"width":0.6938979999999999,"height":0.018053}},{"text":"Psalm 126","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.122728,"width":0.08403100000000001,"height":0.018359999999999987}},{"text":"I have heard Psalm 126 at harvest sometimes but had a major fuller sense of lament reading it during \n lockdown. There is a profound sadness over what had been, a feeling of abandonment but also a sense \n of trust and confidence: ‘those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy’.","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.161487,"width":0.786047,"height":0.05685599999999999}},{"text":"Revd Richard Kirlew, Agricultural Chaplains Association","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.278852,"width":0.42438000000000003,"height":0.018052999999999986}},{"text":"Psalm 150","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.317943,"width":0.08403100000000001,"height":0.018359999999999987}},{"text":"This was a Psalm that I have known all my life from being a schoolboy. Yet I woefully ignored it! It has \n since taught me to praise God with all my heart and soul, and to do it on a daily basis. We need to \n praise God for everything that he does for us in so many ways.","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.356702,"width":0.77593,"height":0.058016999999999985}},{"text":"Revd Simon Mattholie, CEO, Rural Ministries","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.474067,"width":0.342441,"height":0.018052999999999986}},{"text":"Matthew 17:22-27","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.512855,"width":0.14218599999999998,"height":0.018360000000000043}},{"text":"When I look back on the contributions over the past 18 months, I am struck by many reoccurring \n themes, not least the repeated critique of those in leadership positions not setting a good example. \n Back in October 2020 I reflected that ‘as disciples of Jesus, our call I believe is to be obedient and set \n good examples for others. I believe part of our calling as disciples today is to be living reminders of \n hope, lives transformed, of future promise, and kingdom values that impact the here and now. If we are \n to challenge some of the injustices of what is happening today, let us do it with the subversive message \n of the kingdom of God; loving the lost, the least, the last’.","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.551576,"width":0.782959,"height":0.13773900000000006}},{"text":"Ann Wright, Secretary to the Churches Rural Group of Churches Together in England","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.748675,"width":0.6478179999999999,"height":0.018052999999999986}},{"text":"Psalm 105","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.787791,"width":0.08403100000000001,"height":0.018360000000000043}},{"text":"Looking at the Bible through the lens of rural responses to COVID-19 has reminded me of the depth \n and timeless quality of these ancient, God-breathed texts and their capacity to speak into different \n contexts. The verses of Psalm 105 set for March this year spoke again to me of the way in which our \n experience of his presence and loving care, through all the ups and downs of this pandemic, gives us \n confidence and hope as we move into the future. ‘Nothing that happens can ever take us out of the \n loving hands of God,’ as one of my colleagues in Germany commented.","bbox":{"left":0.094157,"top":0.826513,"width":0.766392,"height":0.11658499999999994}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}