Lectionary 22/09/2024
- Proper 20 (25) - Year B
Proverbs 31:10-31
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 20 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 20 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 20 Proverbs 31.10-31 James 3.13-4.3, 7-8a Mark 9.30-37 Fortunately, Jesus stopped the disciples in their tracks before they acted out James 4 as well as James 3. Envy and selfish ambition, yes; but covetousness had not yet led to murder. The internecine strife in Jerusalem…
Hymn:The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
Hymn:The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
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The wisdom of women: discernment of thought, with love's intuition that cannot be bought; how long will we limit these God given gifts while fudging church unity, fearful of rifts? All people are worthy and all have a place, all people are gifted with God-given grace, yet barrier…
Poem: The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
Poem: The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
by Andrew Pratt
The wisdom of women: discernment of thought, with love's intuition that cannot be bought; how long will we limit these God given gifts while fudging church unity, fearful of rifts? All people are worthy and all have a place, all people are gifted with God-given grace, yet barrier…
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on Proverbs 31: 10-31 ‘A good woman is hard to find,’ they say. I’m not surprised, if you look at that picture they paint in Proverbs. It sets feminism back into the Dark Ages and even caps Shirley Conran’s Superwoman for imposing impossible demands on a woman’s time a…
Snowy Gateway
Snowy Gateway
by Rose humphrey
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
The Women's Bible Commentary - A "Woman of Substance"
The Women's Bible Commentary - A "Woman of Substance"
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
A “Woman of Substance” Picking up the term hayil (31:3), Proverbs ends with the portrait of “a woman of substance” (’eshet-hayil). Men with hayil, like Lemuel and Boaz in the book of Ruth (2:1), are honourable and affluent. They may be kings, landowners, or those who serve the co…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 20 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 20 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 20 Holy Father, give us the spirit of contentment and peace, that we may enjoy who we are and what we have. Help us not only to appreciate what you have given us, but to be gracious and generous to others. May the world’s goods be neither hoarded nor squandered but used fo…
Times and Seasons - Full service - Proper 20 (25) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full service - Proper 20 (25) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixteenth after Trinity Proper 20 (25) - Year B Service contains: Hymn: Sing praise to God who reigns above or Oh the life of the world is a joy and a treasure or Responsive Prayer: Great God Psalm 1 Poem: Which way? Reading: Proverbs 31:10-31 Reflection: on Proverbs 31:10-31 Hym…
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