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Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35. 1-10: Ps. 146. 5-10 : or Canticle: Magnificat: James 5.7-10 : Matthew 11. 2-11 Almighty God, who through the prophets promised that light would conquer the darkness, shine in our hearts and in our minds, and so use us that we may lead others …
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Epiphany Isaiah 9.1-4: Ps. 27.1 [2-3]4-9: 1 Corinthians 1. 10-18: Matthew 4.12-23 Lord God, you are almighty; in your great power renew, refresh, restore us, that we may live and work to your praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord who is alive and rei…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 11 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 11 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 11 Sunday between 17 & 23 July Track 1 Genesis 28. 10-19a Ps. 139. 1-12 [23-24] Romans 8. 12-25 Matthew 13. 24-30, 36-43 Track 2 Wisdom of Solomon 12. 13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44. 6-8 Ps. 86. 11-17 Romans 8. 12-25 Matthew 13. 24-30, 36-43 O God, be a tower of strength to all wh…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Day of Pentecost - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Day of Pentecost - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Day of Pentecost Acts 2.1-21 or Numbers 11. 24-30 : Psalm. 104.24-34, 3Sb (or 24-36) : 1 Corinthians 12. 3b-13 or Acts 2. 1-21 : John 20. 19-23 or John 7.37-39 Lord God Almighty, pour upon us your Spirit, and set us on fire with love for you, that we may bring forth the fruits of…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Ascension Day - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Ascension Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Ascension Day Acts 1. 1-11 or Daniel 7. 9-14 : Psalm. 47 or Psalm. 93 : Ephesians 1. 15-23 or Acts 1. 1-11: Luke 24. 44-53 Risen and Ascended Lord, you have promised to be with us always; teach us to be aware of your presence, and to abide in your love, that we may walk in the wa…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 1 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 1 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Sunday between 3 and 9 February inclusive (if earlier than the Second Sunday before Lent) Isaiah 58. 1-9a [b-12] : Ps. 112. 1-9 [10] : 1 Corinthians 2.1-12 [13-16] : Matthew 5. 13-20 God of grace, God of glory, guide us by your goodness, that we may walk in your ways, seek to do …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Easter Day - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Easter Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Easter (Easter Day) Acts 10. 34-43 or Jeremiah 31. 1-6: Psalm. 118. [1-2]14-24 : Colossians 3.1-4 or Acts 10. 34-43 : John 20. 1-18 or Matthew 28. 1-10 Alleluia to our God, praise and thanksgiving for life and life eternal. Alleluia to our Lord Jesus Christ, conqueror of death an…
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
All Saints’ Day Year A Sunday between 30 October and 5 November Glory to you, O Lord, from the whole company of heaven, from the saints in glory, from your people on earth. Father, we give you thanks that in the darkness of this world your saints shine. May we, with them, have a …
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The First Family, the First Worship, the First Acceptance, the First Rejection
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The First Family, the First Worship, the First Acceptance, the First Rejection
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The First Family, the First worship, the First Acceptance, the First Rejection Genesis 4: 1-5a I once went through quite a long period of time (several years, I think) when God did not seem very real. I didn’t exactly doubt whether God was there; it was just that I didn’t feel Go…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Pain of Motherhood
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Pain of Motherhood
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Pain of Motherhood Genesis 3: 14-16a I wrote an e-mail to someone this week and had an astonishing reply which, after the main part of the message, went on, “Oh, by the way. . . .” Actually it didn’t literally say that, but that is how it came across, because the news that fo…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - To Love and to Cherish, to Desire and to Dominate
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - To Love and to Cherish, to Desire and to Dominate
by SPCK - John Goldingay
To Love and to Cherish, to Desire and to Dominate Genesis 3: 16b There is a Jewish story about the first human couple. Often such a Jewish midrash takes up a puzzling aspect of the biblical text and seeks to explain it or imagine something it might imply, using other scriptural m…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - To Put It Another Way
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - To Put It Another Way
by SPCK - John Goldingay
To Put It Another Way… Genesis 2: 4b-7 There is a children’s story about Pinocchio, a wooden doll carved from a piece of pine who longs to become a real boy. After a series of adventures that come to a climax with his making a great sacrifice, this eventually happens, and everyon…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Work Becomes Toil
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Work Becomes Toil
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Work Becomes Toil Genesis 3: 17-22 As I cycle to the seminary to give an evening lecture, I pass a particular bus stop where there are always a number of people waiting for the bus to take them home, and I am always struck by how weary they look. Whatever they have been doing all…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday Before Lent Genesis 2.4b–9, 15–25 Revelation 4 Luke 8.22–5 If you go straight from today’s Genesis reading to the reading from Revelation, you could almost imagine that the history of God’s relations with people had been one of unbroken communion. From the intim…
Poem: Passion can distort our judgment
Poem: Passion can distort our judgment
by Andrew Pratt
Passion can distort our judgment, twisting love, distorting fate. Is this Adam's sin returning as endearments turn to hate? In the cold light of the morning, looking back on what we've done, even at the new day's dawning, feeling chill in morning sun. Continues... Also available …
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 19 - Year B