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Bright morning maker
Bright morning maker
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Bright morning maker Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1-2, 4a; Psalm 8 Bright morning maker, as your sun breaks through, dawn’s early light reflects in morning dew. So thankful people sing their praise to you: Alleluia Daylight creator, through the busy day, sun, chasing sh…
Poem: View point
Poem: View point
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: View point Trinity Sunday Year A Matthew 28: 16-20 Living at ground level, we reduce the sky to memory. Buildings enclose; pavements beneath become controllable, within our scope. Here, above our everyday, space is on a different scale. Clouds dominate... 19 June 2011, Tr…
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/Blessing: In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing Second Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 13 In the days when questions are insistent, but there are no answers, God will listen patiently. In the days when guilt is strong, but nothing can be changed, God will unde…
Harmony? - poem
Harmony? - poem
by Marjorie Dobson
Harmony? - poem Trinity Sunday Year A 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 Dear Lord, how wonderful it would be if we could always agree with one another. It would be even better if we could always live in peace with each other. As for greeting each other with a holy kiss … … 19 June 2011, Tr…
Being him - a reflection on Matthew 10: 40-42
Being him - a reflection on Matthew 10: 40-42
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Being him – a reflection on Matthew 10: 40-42 Second Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 10: 40-42 How weird is that? Did Jesus really mean that if I walk into a room, he walks in with me? And if I speak, he speaks? ... 26 June 2011, Second Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 10: 40…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 10 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 10 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 10 Isaiah 55.10–13 Romans 8.1–11 Matthew 13.1–9, 18–23 Why is God so profligate? With the second half of today’s reading from Matthew, the emphasis switches from God’s action to our response; but the first half of the story is …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 13 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 13 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 13 Isaiah 55.1–5 Romans 9.1–5 Matthew 14.13–21 The pain in Paul’s words is tangible, and made even more poignant by the victorious assurance of the end of chapter 8. Paul has just been asserting that nothing can ‘separate us fr…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 8 - Year A