Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 14 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 14 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 14 Isaiah 1.1, 10–20 Hebrews 11.1–3, 8–16 Luke 12.32–40 Stories about a master going away and returning would have been interpreted in Jesus’ world as stories about Israel’s God, YHWH. He had ‘gone away’ at the exile, as Ezekiel describes graphically. At no point in the ‘p…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Never Again
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Never Again
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Never Again Genesis 8: 21b- 9: 4 A few years ago, a couple who were friends of mine left the seminary and moved to another part of the country; he, to be a pastor; she, to be a counselor. We kept in occasional touch through e-mail, and it eventually emerged that their marriage wa…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - One Thing Leads to Another
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - One Thing Leads to Another
by SPCK - John Goldingay
One Thing Leads to Another Genesis 12: 11-20 The movie Spanglish concerns the adventures of a Los Angeles family who hire a Mexican as housekeeper. While she may not be in the same class as Sarah, she is not to be sneezed at, and the head of the household does not sneeze at her. …
Blessing the Children
Blessing the Children
by Dave Hopwood
The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator …
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Praise
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Praise
by BRF - Rona Orme
It is easy to praise God when life goes well, but it is more of a challenge when we are feeling sad or worried. Matt Redman's song 'Blessed be your name' emphasises the importance of praising God in 'the desert place' as well as in the land that is plentiful. It captures the impo…
I put the dark on
I put the dark on
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Based on Psalm 139, a reflection I put the dark on! I could hear my daughter playing with the light-pull in my bedroom. After a few minutes her smiling face peered round the bathroom door as she announced, ‘It’s all right, Mummy,…
Wonderfully made
Wonderfully made
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Based on Psalm 139, a reflective paraphrase Wonderfully made My Lover, you know everything about me. You are concerned with each of my actions and understand my thoughts. You do not wait for me to find you, but you look for me an…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 9 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 9 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 9 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 Gaze on these children playing in the marketplace. Children are the same the whole world over, and in every era. Today they would be in the home corner, playing make- believe games. ‘Let’s play weddings,’ says Kelly, who’s …
Poems and Liturgy - Poem-Lord of Mercy
Poems and Liturgy - Poem-Lord of Mercy
by Christopher Coleman
Poem based on Psalm 51 O my God who's love is unchanging, O Lord of mercy, God of compassion remember me, be gracious to me and wipe out my sins. Lord if you cleanse me I will be without w(hol)ly clean. How can I be without sin for from the moment I was born to the moment I die i…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Will You Just Shut Up and Listen?