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Journeying with Luke - Lent
Journeying with Luke - Lent
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
4 Lent Exploring the text One of the major themes of Lent is, of course, temptation – or, more accurately, resistance to temptation. This theme arises from Jesus’ temptations but also challenges us to reflect upon our need to resist temptation in all its forms. One of the intrigu…
Poem: Fireworks
Poem: Fireworks
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Fireworks We can cope with God in the background, quiet, comfortable and contained: there when needed, but not interfering in our day-to-day business or our personal preferences. But God isn’t always silent. Sometimes there are fireworks... Continues ©Marjorie Dobson
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9.8–17, 1 Peter 3.18–22, Mark 1.9–15 Noah is conspicuously absent from much of the New Testament. When he does appear, as in 1 Peter 3, it isn’t immediately obvious why. Who were those ‘spirits in prison’ from Noah’s day? In what sense did Jesus…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday Before Lent Proverbs 8.1, 22–31 Colossians 1.15–20 John 1.1–14 Eyebrows will be raised at the reappearance of John’s prologue so soon after Christmas. But our surprise at the lectionary’s turns and twists is nothing to that launched upon the world by John’s fa…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sunday before Lent 2 Kings 2.1–12 2 Corinthians 4.3–6 Mark 9.2–9 Mark sees the Transfiguration as an anticipated fulfilment of the promise in the previous verse (‘Some here will not die until they see the kingdom of God come with power’). The thin curtain separating God’s dim…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday Before Lent Genesis 2.4b–9, 15–25 Revelation 4 Luke 8.22–25 The goodness and the terror of the created world dominate these readings. From the garden in Genesis to the throne-room in Revelation, all that is done reflects God’s loving creativity, and his sharing …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sunday Next Before Lent Exodus 34.29–end 2 Corinthians 3.12—4.2 Luke 9.28–43 The intriguing thing about Moses coming down the mountain with his face shining was that he didn’t know. He had simply been talking with God; it was only when Aaron and the others met him that he rea…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday of Lent To you, O Lord, be praise and glory, for the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ over death and hell; in him we are more than conquerors, for he has called us into eternal life. Lord, make us worthy of our calling that we may serve you in love and peace; th…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Lord, we seek to make our home in you, for in you is our hope, in you is our peace. May we abide in you as you are in us. Grant, O Lord, in turning to you we may find new vision, new strength and new love, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and rei…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday in Lent - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: God is love: let heaven adore him or Come to join the worship Prayer: Great and mighty God Reading: Genesis 2:15–17; 3:1–7 Monologue: The Serpent’s Tale Hymn: O Jesus, I have promised or We turn the tables on our frien…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Joshua 5.9–12 2 Corinthians 5.16–end Luke 15.1–3, 11b–end At Gilgal the Israelites, like the prodigal, exchanged the food of the wilderness for the food of home. In a dense little scene, explicable only in its wider context, the covenant signs come rushi…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fifth Sunday of Lent Luke 12.1-8 Gaze on this cosy domestic setting, spruced up for a special celebration. It seems that this house is the nearest Jesus came to an adult family home. Martha is being Martha again – the carer in the kitchen. Mary is being Mary as ever – impetuo…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Sunday next before Lent Luke 9.28-36 [37-43a] Gaze on all things that dazzle – spume of the waves that roam the sea, and is tossed up like tinsel in the air, or the light on a lake, making silver rays skid over the surface like a thousand steel skates flashing across ice. Gaz…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Lent Year C