Turning Around
Turning Around
by Paul Glass
The first mate of a pirate ship decides he wants to turn his life around Turning Around - Matthew 5. 1-12 Captain: 3 degrees to starboard Mr. Kelly. Kelly: Aye, aye, Captain. Captain: Steady as she goes. Kelly: Aye, aye, Captain...(pause) Captain? Captain: Yes, Mr. Kelly? Kelly: …
Times and Seasons - A Prayer for Homelessness Sunday
Times and Seasons - A Prayer for Homelessness Sunday
by Jan Berry
Prayers of Intercession A Prayer for Homelessness Sunday Hospitable God, we thank you for the warmth of home, for the security that surrounds us, for the care from knowing we belong. We pray for those for whom ‘home’ is not a place of safety: those whose relationships are scarred…
Times and Seasons - God of new beginnings
Times and Seasons - God of new beginnings
by Jan Berry
God of new beginnings God of new beginnings, you greet us in our joy when we step out in hopeful anticipation, delighting in a fresh adventure. God of new beginnings, you walk alongside us in our fear, when we drag our feet reluctantly to face the change we dread. Continues...
What do you seek?
What do you seek?
by Paul Glass
Regina and Reggie from the city ask what you are looking for. ‘What do you seek?’ John Ch. 1. 29-42 Reggie: Hi there, welcome. Regina: Listen carefully. Reggie: I’m Reggie. Regina: And I’m Regina. Reggie: We’re something big in the City. Regina: Really, really big. Reggie: So you…
Barefoot Prayers - Week 3 - Occasions
Barefoot Prayers - Week 3 - Occasions
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
Week 3 OCCASIONS Prayer is often connected to occasions, whether they are special occasions or rites of passage. There is a deep intuition behind this and it helps us to find direction and draw the whole of ourselves – mind, body and spirit – into the moments, hours and days that…
Barefoot Prayers - Week 4 - Puzzles
Barefoot Prayers - Week 4 - Puzzles
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
Week 4 Puzzles Life raises questions. It creates predicaments. It leads to situations that are not easily resolved and conflicts that refuse to be reconciled. Life is full of puzzles: and our prayer should embrace and hold some of the puzzles that we experience...
Barefoot Prayers - Week 1 - Gatherings
Barefoot Prayers - Week 1 - Gatherings
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
Week 1 GATHERINGS This collection begins on the Sunday before Lent. Lent is itself a season of preparation, but even preparation can benefit from preparation. Shrove Tuesday is the focus of this, and can helpfully take the form of a day of clearing out and carnival. It begins on …
Barefoot Prayers - Barefoot praying
Barefoot Prayers - Barefoot praying
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
An introduction in three parts Barefoot praying Prayer is what happens when humility meets grace, or rather, when humility is met by grace. People today shy away from the virtue of humility for fear that to get close to it will make them weak in the face of hostile others, or in …
Barefoot Prayers - When the silence stops
Barefoot Prayers - When the silence stops
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
An introduction in three parts When the silence stops Let me come clean. This collection of prayers, some of which are more poetic than others, was not written for Lent. It was not written for publication. It was not even written as a collection. And yet there is a common theme..…
I will follow you
I will follow you
by Michael Docker
Monologue Based on Luke 9:51-62 'I will follow you' Monologue – the voice of an (imaginary) Samaritan who encounters Jesus on the road to Jerusalem – based on Luke 9:51-62. Originally delivered in a soft Yorkshire accent, but would work with any regional accent. The accompanying …
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jerusalem, journey's end
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jerusalem, journey's end
by SPCK - David J. Bryan
Jerusalem, journey’s end I grew up in Lincolnshire in a village called Hibaldstow, in the northern part of the county. It is a little more than 48 km (20 miles) north of Lincoln, and was then on the main road, the A15, which followed the route of the ancient Roman road known as E…
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jesus challenged at the boundaries
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jesus challenged at the boundaries
by SPCK - David J. Bryan
Jesus: his challenge Introduction So far we have considered: * Jesus’ home in Nazareth; * Jesus’ annual journey with his family as they went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; * Jesus’ incredible challenge that we should love our enemies...
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jesus: his challenge