Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Online discipleship and spirituality Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in his name, he will be present. Many of us have found that this promise holds good online. Perhaps the very lack of physical presence, and the time it takes to respond to each other in writing, …
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Water - from sea to sip
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Water - from sea to sip
by BRF - Rona Orme
Amazingly, 70 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water and around 60 per cent of the human body consists of water. God has provided plenty of water but many of us use far more than our share. Washing machines use much water in action, but also require a lot of water fo…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
4 Experiencing God in togetherness Genesis 2.18 –22; Psalm 68.5, 6; John 17.20 –23 Purpose: to explore God-given models of community; to consider the challenge of isolation and loneliness as a particular issue for disabled people…
Recovering from Depression - Some final thoughts
Recovering from Depression - Some final thoughts
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Some final thoughts I would much rather not have had to experience such frequent episodes of depression over so many years and I still have questions I want to, and do, ask God about. But I’ve learnt that I have a choice about how I view this. I can continue to regret that it too…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - What Sabbath Worship Looks Like?
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - What Sabbath Worship Looks Like?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What Sabbath Worship Looks Like? Psalm 92 If I am preaching on Sunday, instead of giving a ten- to fifteen-minute sermon after the Scripture readings (Episcopalians are not used to long sermons), I have gotten into the habit of talking for a few minutes after each of the three re…
Times and Seasons - Prayers for Valentine's Day
Times and Seasons - Prayers for Valentine's Day
by Jan Berry
Prayers for Valentine's day, but which could be used more generally in relation to human love and sexuality. Passionate God, we thank you for the joy of romantic love, with its delight and desire, its intensity and power. Forgive us when we reduce it to cute sentiment and comme…
Times and Seasons - Eucharistic Prayer
Times and Seasons - Eucharistic Prayer
by Jan Berry
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER FOR FEBRUARY/CANDLEMAS Sing to God in praise. Worship the creator, all peoples. All that lives and breathes Join in praise of the maker. We praise and worship you, creator of all, for all that struggles for life in the dark and cold; pushing through the bleak e…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religious World of Ancient Greece
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religious World of Ancient Greece
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four A COCK FOR ASCLEPIUS: ‘RELIGION’ AND ‘CULTURE’ IN PAUL’S WORLD 2. Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul’s Day (II) The Religious World of Ancient Greece The word ‘Greece’ itself needs some definition – or rather, a warning about the comparat…
My practical theology DJW - God's way of change
My practical theology DJW - God's way of change
by David John Woodman
GOD’S WAY OF CHANGE – Looks at why God does not act as a superhero, changing events and the worlds problems for the better. God's way is much slower but infinitely more rewarding and complete for the individual. So far I have determined that God answers prayers even if not as we …
Psalms for Everyone - There Is No God Here
Psalms for Everyone - There Is No God Here
by SPCK - John Goldingay
There Is No God Here Psalm 53 Yesterday, my wife and I walked through crowds of people whose faces seemed to say, “There is no God here.” They were crowds walking up and down the pier at Santa Monica among the stands selling ice cream and sunhats and hotdogs. They should have bee…
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...
Times and Seasons - Saying Yes-A Prayer Of Thanksgiving
Times and Seasons - Saying Yes-A Prayer Of Thanksgiving
by Jan Berry
SAYING YES: A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Vulnerable God, Maker of the universe, we praise you that in the gift of Jesus you answer our human brokenness with your 'Yes' of love. In your promise to a peasant girl you say yes to our dreams of freedom. In the shabbiness of the stable you…
Times and Seasons - Prayers:After Communion
Times and Seasons - Prayers:After Communion
by Jan Berry
PRAYERS AFTER COMMUNION Advent God, we thank you that you have welcomed us at your table and fed us with your gifts of bread and wine. Remain with us in our waiting and our hoping, as we travel on towards the celebration of your birth amongst us. Amen Continues... ©Jan Berry
Times and Seasons - Prayer: The Waiting Time
Times and Seasons - Prayer: The Waiting Time
by Jan Berry
PRAYER: THE WAITING TIME Candles and calendar mark the days flame flickering with vulnerable hope, doors opening onto the story, God of our days, wait with us in the waiting time. Fields lie fallow under winter skies, bare earth prepared for planting, waiting for the seeds of the…
Times and Seasons - Vulnerability and Hope: Prayer of Thanksgiving