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Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B) Reflection accompanying images “street performer with hoop of fire” "Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come" (Mark 13:33) As night falls in the centre of Nottingham a …
God who has called us
God who has called us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God who has called us Proper 25 year A 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-8 God who has called us, through Jesus, to be your disciples, you send us out among your people with your message of hope and love, forgiveness and reconciliation. But we are not always confident about speaking o…
Psalm 80: 7-15 for today
Psalm 80: 7-15 for today
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 80: 7-15 for today We used to believe that this was a Christian country. We used to be thankful that we were not living in a place where our religion was persecuted. We used to feel safe and secure inside our churches and chapels. We used to feel that people respected us fo…
Earthquake, wind and fire
Earthquake, wind and fire
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Earthquake, wind and fire Proper 14 year A 1 Kings 19: 9-18 Into the hurricane of life – the rush, the chaos, the bewilderment, the anxiety, uncertainty, the fear of loss, the birth of pain, the failures and fractures of life – God of the still, small voice, whisper your …
Great and gracious God
Great and gracious God
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: Great and gracious God Proper 11 year A Romans 8:12-25 Great and gracious God, you promise us that when your Spirit lives in us we become your children, even the heirs to your kingdom. That is a wonderful promise and a blessing of hope for our future. But hope …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Easter Day Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Easter Day Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Easter Day Isaiah 25.6-9 Philippians 15.1–11 Mark 16.1-8 After all the horror, and the crowds and the noise of the day of Jesus’s crucifixion, this chapter of Mark’s Gospel starts quietly. We have already seen these women at the crucifixion scene, but we hardly noticed them there…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 7 Year B