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Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 7 Jeremiah 20.7–13 Romans 6.1b–11 Matthew 10.24–39 The prophet Jeremiah lived through times of enormous political upheaval. His long career, lasting about 40 years, saw a good king, a couple of bad kings, a weak king and the fo…
A God of Expression - A Liturgy
A God of Expression - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"God smiles, this much I know for he created laughter so that we might join in the enjoyment of his creative energy those wonderful colour schemes of bird butterfly and flower. The shapes and expressions on so many creatures and insects These weren't created by a boring God..." A…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
by SPCK - N T Wright
A couple of years ago I took part in a charity walk. It was a sunny day, there were thousands of people taking part, and we went through some breathtaking scenery. We were put in several groups, with a few hundred setting off every few minutes. I was in the first group, and it wa…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 13 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 13 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 13 Isaiah 55.1–5 Romans 9.1–5 Matthew 14.13–21 The pain in Paul’s words is tangible, and made even more poignant by the victorious assurance of the end of chapter 8. Paul has just been asserting that nothing can ‘separate us fr…
Isaiah for Everyone - The Destiny of All That Is Humanly Impressive
Isaiah for Everyone - The Destiny of All That Is Humanly Impressive
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Destiny of All That is Humanly Impressive Isaiah 2: 6-22 It’s Holy Week, and for more than twenty years a magnificent church not far from where we live put on a glorious Easter pageant in the weeks leading up to Easter, “the largest and most spectacular passion play” in the w…
African children
African children
by Chris Turner
Ugandan children from an IDP Camp (Internal Displacement Camp). In 2007 the 21 year civil war ended. During that time villages were raided at night and children abducted and forced to be child soldiers. People sought safety in numbers and formed IDP camps. Even though the war is …
Paper chain people prayers of intercession
Paper chain people prayers of intercession
by Katherine Fox
These prayers of intercession invite the congregation to use each figure in a string of paper chain people to guide their prayers. They pray by writing or drawing on the paper figure for those close to them, those they may not think to pray for, those whose situations they don't…
Poem-At this point
Poem-At this point
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: At this point At this point Jesus stated clearly that his message and God’s love were for the whole world. At this point the visiting Greeks felt at home, because it was all Greek to them. At this point the Chosen People realised that Jesus had to go, before he destroyed …
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 40 STORY, SYMBOL, PRAXIS: ELEMENTS OF ISRAEL’S WORLDVIEW