All Desires Known - Annunciation Collect
All Desires Known - Annunciation Collect
by SPCK - Janet Morley
ANNUNCIATION/NOT AMONG THE IMPRESSIVE Collect Luke 1.2–38; 1 Corinthians 1.26–end O unknown God, whose presence is announced not among the impressive but in obscurity... Advent 4 (BC); Proper 6 (BC); Annunciation (ABC) Taken from All Desires Known by Janet Morley Published by SPC…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Gentile Healed
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Gentile Healed
by BRF - Dick France
Another Gentile Healed The previous story focused on the question of Jesus’ mission to Gentiles as well as Jews. Now we see him continuing in Gentile territory: Sidon, like Tyre, was Phoenician, and Decapolis was the Greek-dominated area to the east of the lake of Galilee (see on…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Warning of What is to Come
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Warning of What is to Come
by BRF - Dick France
Another Warning of What is to Come In this brief paragraph we find several of the key themes which run through the middle section (Act 2) of Mark’s story, as Jesus and his disciples make their way from Galilee towards Jerusalem. We may therefore take it as an opportunity to remin…
Anxiety
Anxiety
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Anxiety O God, there are times when I am so afraid of the future, because the older I get, the less there is of it. I cover my fear by activity, by cheerfulness, by boasting of my age; but deep within, I have a fear of the unknown and I cannot hide that from you. Continue…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Are You King of the Jews?
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Are You King of the Jews?
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
ARE YOU KING of the JEWS? The trial oscillates between Pilate’s own interrogation of Jesus inside and those outside the headquarters. The first three scenes develop the theme of kingship, starting with Pilate’s questions.
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
by Christine Odell
April – World Health Day (7 April) Calendar of Prayers Reading Mark 1.29-34a Ask those present to be silent, to become aware of their own bodies: breathing, pulse and senses as well as aches, pains and rumblings! Comforting God, you have consoled us with the promise that, at the …
A Lame Man is Lowered Through the Roof