Lectionary 29/04/2018
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Acts 8:26-40
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8.26-40 1 John 4.7-21 John 15.1-8 If you like evangelism, you’ll love Philip’s story. A spirit-led meeting with a court official, who happens to be reading Isaiah 53 and asking the right questions. There is time to converse at leisure; there is wat…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8.26-40 1John 4.7-21 John 15.1-8 The writings of John, both in the Gospel and the epistles, are bafflingly determined not to come down on one side or the other of the ‘chicken or egg’ question. Which comes first, love of God or love of our neighbou…
Monologue: The Ethiopian’s story
Monologue: The Ethiopian’s story
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: The Ethiopian’s story What an amazing coincidence! I still find it hard to explain – even after telling so many people the story. Some of them found it almost impossible to believe that it happened. But I know it did. How would you have felt if it had happened to you? …
Hymn: In many ways we designate
Hymn: In many ways we designate
by Andrew Pratt
In many ways we designate the boundaries of faith and by unconscious bigotry condemn the human race. Our human rules constrain the grace, the love that God can give, as though we have authority to judge or to forgive. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CLAUDIUS Metre: DCM Andrew Pratt (bo…
Hymn: Each hour marks a mighty resurrection
Hymn: Each hour marks a mighty resurrection
by Andrew Pratt
Each hour marks a mighty resurrection, a time of overcoming fate and fear, the dawning of a common understanding in which the grace of God is drawing near. Each morning brings a sense of new creation. New life, new love, encompasses the earth. New time, new light illuminates the …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Philip and the Ethiopian
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Philip and the Ethiopian
by SPCK - N T Wright
Philip and the Ethiopian Acts 8.26-40 I was once visiting Cambridge (the English Cambridge, not the American one) to do some lectures. One afternoon I was working on the themes for the lectures still to come, when I found to my surprise an urgent thought in my head: Go to Evenson…
Drama - the Charioteer (monologue)
Drama - the Charioteer (monologue)
by Kit Walkham
The story of Philip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8 v26-40) told by the driver of the chariot. Monologue for a man, who can stand or sit as if telling a tale in a bar a few weeks after the Ethiopian arrived home. The Charioteer’s tale, by Kit Walkham An eventful journey? Indeed it was…
Worship Together - A place for everyone
Worship Together - A place for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
May – A place for everyone Worship Together Whether Easter falls early or late, the month of May will include readings from the book of Acts. The story of the early Church is read alongside some of the letters written by Peter and John, and the Gospel readings for this season inc…
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 5th Sunday of Easter Year B Acts 8: 26-40 Psalm 22: 25-31 1 John 4: 7-21 John 15: 1-8 I once went into a cafe to buy my dog a sandwich. She was hungry and I had forgotten to pack any dog biscuits with our picnic. Of course, I didn’t want to admit the sandwich was for…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Kandake’s Eunuch
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Kandake’s Eunuch
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Kandake’s Eunuch (Acts 8:26–40) The diakonos Philip travels to the desert of Gaza, authorized by “the Spirit” (8:26). His mission: the ideological conquest of “land’s end” to the south: Nubia (or Ethiopia), more specifically the city-state of Meroe ruled by the Kandake (NRSV …
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Easter God of love, may we abide in your presence and so abide in your love: as we freely receive your love, let us freely share with others all that you have given us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever …
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 217
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 217
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
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