Walking Backwards to Christmas - Annunciation: a poem
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Annunciation: a poem
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Annunciation: a poem There is only one thing that prevents The gentle movement, heaven into earth: Not the fear which godly greeting brings, Nor cold presumption (God could never speak), Nor empty tomb, nor barren heart,…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Call to Choose
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Call to Choose
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Call to Choose (Joshua 23-24) Beginnings and endings of narratives are always important. Joshua 1 begins with the assurance of God’s victory and a call to obedience and strength. Chapter 24 closes the book with a rehearsal of the history of the Israelites and God’s overwhelmi…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Book V
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Book V
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Book V (Psalms 107-150) Book V of the Psalter opens with Psalm 107, a community hymn celebrating God’s graciousness in delivering the community of faith from exile in Babylon. The psalmist says: “Let the redeemed of YHWH say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Acknowledgements
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Acknowledgements
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Acknowledgements I am grateful to Joanna Moriarty and Alison Barr at SPCK and other colleagues here in Chelmsford for their encouragement with this book. Richard Harries introduced me to the paintings of Albert Herbert. You can find out more in his book The Image of Christ in Mod…
Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A) Reflection accompanying images “Unlocking the heart” and “Hinge between light and dark” This impressive and imposing charm bracelet padlock at the bottom of Newhall Hill in Birmingham marks the start of the…
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A) Reflection accompanying images “Ground level depth of field and “Taking up the cross” “You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” Then J…
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a child
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a child
by Isabel Smears
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a little child An old man tells this tale to his grand-children: ‘When I was a small boy, my mother used to give me a little basket with some food in it, and send me off outside, so that she could get on with her work. One day, as I was playin…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells