meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B The 613 Squadron Mark 10: 46-52 The law-makers had been busy. 613 Laws according to one account, But which is the most important? I pause from my studies, Silent before my heavenly Father... Created by David Middleton on behalf of LW…
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Sorry Jesus, which widow? Mark 12: 38-44 I love watching, I could while away the hours, Observing life; The people in the market place, Going about their daily business. Shopping for the family, Thinking about tonight’s dinner. Looki…
Meditation - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C I was just one of the crowd Luke 10: 1-11. 16-20 I panic when Jesus is looking for volunteers! It’s not that I don’t want to help, I just get so nervous not knowing what I’m going to have to do, so my heart sank when he picked me. I …
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B I love it when a plan comes together! Mark 6: 30-34 It must have been so exciting Father, going from town to town, Telling people about Jesus, calling them to turn from their sins, Casting out demons, and healing the sick. But I gues…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year A
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 4th Sunday of Easter Time Year B What’s in it for him? John 10: 1-13 I’ve been listening to Jesus quite a bit recently; whenever I can get away from work I have gone to find him, I’m quite intrigued by what he has to say, but there has always been this nagging doubt,…
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B My Son, my son 2 Samuel 18: 33 Ephesians 5: 1-2 John 6: 51 David went up to his room and burst into tears. “My son, my son; if only I could have died instead of you! I told them to be kind to you I told them not to harm you. They did…
Poem/Reflection: What about Paul?
Poem/Reflection: What about Paul?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: What about Paul? You could say that Paul had a great deal of get-up-and-go. You could also say that he very quickly got-up-and-went. No doubt about it, he had plenty of energy. No doubt about it, he also had plenty of enemies. He also had enough sense to set out …
Forgiveness - What is it?
Forgiveness - What is it?
by David John Woodman
A short dialogue for two voices looking at the need and impossibility of forgiveness, forgiving. It looks at the world, children at play & Jesus speaking with God In the heat of the moment to forgive costs too much. It is easier for children to forgive than many adults. Finally c…
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent year C
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Lent Year C The Father’s Love Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32 His father just couldn’t wait: He saw his son coming from far off, Nothing was going to stop him, He’d been waiting a long time for this moment... created by David Middleton on behalf of LWPT (Leaders o…
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Lent Year C
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Lent Yr C Big ideas Luke 4:1-13 The Church of St John the Baptist had just closed: Such a great shame, they seemed to be doing so well; Lots of new members, and they were really making an impression in the town. Then the minister was unexpectedly taken …
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Sunday after Epiphany God’s Beloved Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22 Isaiah 43: 1-7 This is my beloved son In him I am well pleased! O how some of us long to hear such words Lord; How we long to be wanted, To be claimed as beloved children, To…
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C My Cottage by the Sea! Luke 12: 32-40 I have this dream; I don’t know whether it will ever come true, but I keep hold of it; it’s my heart’s desire! and whenever I get a spare moment my thoughts turn to my dream: I dream of a cottage…
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: Witness to a miracle? I think it was a con trick. But I don’t know how he did it – even though I was there and saw it with my own eyes. It’s just too fantastic to be true. I mean, would you have believed that a stone surface, admittedly with wood and an animal ca…
A Bit Like Jesus - Whose faith?
A Bit Like Jesus - Whose faith?
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith Whose faith? When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them. Then some people came, bringing to hi…
Poem-Communion
Poem-Communion
by Valerie Anslow
A poem composed while running the Great North Run for Alzheimer's Society. Communion Click! Smile. Look this way. Click! Celluloid snap shots of moments Suspended in time. Open the pages into the past and remember. Memories caught in sepia, monochrome, colour. Open up the file of…
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