Why now?
Why now?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Why now? Proper 17 Year A Romans 12: 9-21 Vengeance is a natural reaction and most children have the instinct from an early age. We have to be taught to share, to forgive, to live in peace with one another and to resist our automatic reaction to get our own back. So we pray…
What do you think?
What do you think?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem – What do you think? Proper 20 Year A Exodus 16: 2-15 (Could be used with several voices asking the questions – and giving the answers!) When Israelites ran light on food, did they claim Moses was no good? Did Moses prayer give them a scare when they were told God saw them t…
Reflection on Romans 12: 3
Reflection on Romans 12: 3
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on Romans 12: 3 Proper 16 year A ‘My son works on the bins,’ she said with great reluctance and a faint sense of shame. She knew that others there had children with degrees, or who ran their own businesses, or who had achieved greatness in one form or another. ‘He was …
Pride comes before …
Pride comes before …
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer - Pride comes before … Proper 16 year A Psalm 138: 6 If I am powerful and proud of it: if I consider myself to be a superior being: if I know that there is none to equal me: if I can look down on everyone else and feel that it is my right to do so – what need do I have of …
Leftovers
Leftovers
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/character piece - Leftovers Proper 13 year A Matthew 14: 13 – 21 What I want to know is what are they going to do with all those leftovers? Twelve baskets, they said they had. Twelve baskets! Considering that when they all sat down in the first place, they claimed there…
My father, Jacob
My father, Jacob
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem - My father, Jacob Proper 13 year A Genesis 32: 22 – 31 My father didn’t have a limp before. He said he’d wrestled with a man all night and, though he claimed he’d never given in, his injury had proved his need to fight. We’d left him at the far side of the stream. He often …
Grant us wisdom
Grant us wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: Grant us wisdom Proper 12 year A 1 Kings 3: 5-12 When dislike teeters on the brink of hatred: God grant us wisdom. When prejudice threatens to overwhelm balanced judgement: God grant us wisdom. When disinterest in the welfare of others begins to turn into apath…
Holding the pebble
Holding the pebble
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Holding the pebble Proper 12 year A Matthew 13: 31 – 33 That pebble was smooth, hard and cold, inanimate, unyielding, shaped by countless years of pounding seas and rocks. Like millions more, it seemed – yet not the same. (Published 2008 in Nothing Too Religious – Andrew Pr…
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A) Reflection accompanying image “foxgloves and bee illustrating the morphology of discipleship”. When the sun came out after a day of prolonged rain the foxgloves dripped a…
A Trinitarian Creed
A Trinitarian Creed
by David A. Campton
Trinity and Creation A Trinitarian Creed We believe in one God, A community of three in a unity of being. We believe in the Creator, Creator of sky, earth and sea, Maker of microbes and plants birds, animals and fish, and us… Creator of all that is, seen, unseen and unimaginable.…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 22 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 22 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 22 Isaiah 5.1–7 Philippians 3.4b-14 Matthew 21.33–46 The people listening to the story of the vineyard would have responded to it on a number of different levels. Some of them would have recognized this vineyard from Isaiah 5 a…
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity – the art of visualising divine presence and purpose. Reflection accompanying images “revealing the presence”, “heart shaped shutters on tower of parish church” and “artist and canvas”. "The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the e…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 23 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 23 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 23 Exodus 32.1–14 Philippians 4.1–9 Matthew 22.1–14 The party was ready, the guests were on the way, but somehow they got distracted. Today’s gospel fits Exodus 32 like a glove, forming a combined warning. Readers of Exodus p…
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