Lectionary 05/11/2017
- Fourth Sunday before advent (cw)/Ordinary 31 (mw)/sunday between 30 oct & 5 nov (co) - Year A
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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:10-11
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by SPCK - James Jones
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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:69-70
by SPCK - James Jones
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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:80
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:80
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:80 Shame has all but disappeared from our society like vinyl records and black Bakelite phones. Symptomatic, I think, of a culture that would like to shrug off guilt in the quest to feel good. Today’s mantra is that nobody should ever feel bad about themselves. This is …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:111-112 There’s a joyless religion that should be avoided like the plague. There’s a certain personality that obsesses with detail; it becomes preoccupied with rules and ritual; it prefers the letter of the law to the spirit of the law. Jesus clashed with this sort of p…
The young widow goes to a strange land
The young widow goes to a strange land
by Rev. Margaret Roe
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by SPCK - John Goldingay
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by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
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The Womens' Bible Commentary - Greeting
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by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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The Womens' Bible Commentary - “Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?”
The Womens' Bible Commentary - “Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?”
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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