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Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 22: 34-46 Leviticus 19: 1-2, 15-18 Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 Jesus spent the final week of his earthly life fielding awkward questions, aimed at him by people who did not so much want the answer as to catch him out in order to acc…
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Tears of gratitude Luke 7: 36- 8: 3 I know what Simon’s thinking, I recognise that look. Many respectable people have looked at me like that, but Jesus is different. When he first met me it was obvious he disapproved of my life styl…
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jesus is watching telly Luke 10: 38-42 Hello Lord, it’s great to see you. You’ve come a bit early though. I’m very busy right now; anyway, come in, sit down, and make yourself comfortable. Put the telly on if you want, or choose a DV…
Meditation - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Vanity is vanished Luke 12: 13-21 Ecclesiastes 1: 2, 12-14; 2: 18-23 Colossians 3: 1-11 I have worked hard all my life, I have used all my wisdom, knowledge and skill, I have amassed a small fortune, I have financial security for the…
Meditation - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Like Toddlers Luke 11: 1-13 Prayer, it should be so easy; so why is it so hard? Sometimes we ask and don’t receive, seek and don’t find; we knock and the door seems to remain firmly shut. No wonder the disciples asked you to teach th…
Monologue/drama: My Troubled Son
Monologue/drama: My Troubled Son
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/drama: My Troubled Son If you’ve got a few minutes to spare, I’d like to tell you about my son. Oh, yes! I’ve got a son! He doesn’t live round here any more, of course! Hasn’t done for years. No, my daughters look after me – and my sons-in-law - and it’s lovely to have …
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem Matthew 21.1-11 There is a famous story of Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the great explorers and travellers during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. On one occasion he was with the queen when she was walking through London, and c…
Poem: David’s line
Poem: David’s line
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: David’s line When David tried to make a house for God – a permanent fixture – a settled resting place – God turned the tables on him, promised him a home and land, safe from his enemies for future generations. For God had always wandered with the people; followed and led th…
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance Have you heard the latest? It’s a proper scandal. It is! Do you know what was going on outside – on the street – in full view of everybody – and claiming to be a celebration of the church? Go on. Have a guess! No, it wasn’t a boozing party – alt…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Palm Sunday Prayer - Palm Crosses
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Palm Sunday Prayer - Palm Crosses
by SPCK - Ian Black
Palm Sunday Prayer – palm crosses With shouts of joy and jubilation you entered your city, Lord Christ. With shouts of anger and hatred you carried your cross to your death. With a cry you breathed your last... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Imagining the Lectionary: let it be with me according to your word (Advent 4)
Imagining the Lectionary: let it be with me according to your word (Advent 4)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: let it be with me according to your word (Advent 4) Reflection accompanying image “let it be with me according to your word” Patterns of colour dapple the old flagstone floor of this former parish church, which is now home to a visual arts centre. Wher…
David’s line
David’s line
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: David’s line When David tried to make a house for God – a permanent fixture – a settled resting place – God turned the tables on him, promised him a home and land, safe from his enemies for future generations. For God had always wandered with the people; followed and led th…
Shopping Mall Nativity 3: Annunciating the Magnificat
Shopping Mall Nativity 3: Annunciating the Magnificat
by David Perry
Shopping Mall Nativity 3: Annunciating the Magnificat Reflection accompanying image “shopping mall magnificat” Encounters, expectations and testimonies are the air we breathe when we walk across the Christmas GodScape of the Nativity narratives. Everywhere we look we discover G…
living within the light of Christ as children of God
living within the light of Christ as children of God
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: Word, life-space and enlightenment (Advent 3B) TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proport…
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A) Reflection accompanying images “site of the majestic cinema” and “majestic cinema floor mosaic in former entrance” "Say an unqualified Yes to God, the God of Israel." (Joshua 24:23) A …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 8 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 8 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 8 Sunday between 26 June & 2 July (after Trinity) Genesis 22. 1-14 Jeremiah 28. 5-9 Psalm.13 Psalm. 89. 1-4, 15-18 (or 8-18) Romans 6. 12-23 Matthew 10. 40-42 Lord, you have freed us from the slavery of sin, and called us to be sons and daughters of God. Help us to work fo…
Shopping Mall Nativity 1: Sitting down in Bethlehem