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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…
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…
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
Shopping Mall Nativity 1: Sitting down in Bethlehem
by David Perry
Shopping Mall Nativity 1: Sitting down in Bethlehem Reflection accompanying image “chair and table” The empty dining chair which is the point of focus is unremarkable, just one of many set out around tables waiting for the influx of Christmas shoppers at lunchtime. Over the nex…
Hebrews for Everyone - God's One and Only Son
Hebrews for Everyone - God's One and Only Son
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s One and Only Son HEBREWS 1.1-5 I had an email this morning from an old friend in another part of the world. He had heard that my daughter was getting married, and in congratulating me he brought me up to date on the progress of his own daughter. Now in her teens, she was we…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Healing of the Two Blind Men
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Healing of the Two Blind Men
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Healing of the Two Blind Men Matthew 20.29-34 He came to see me early in the morning. He was a bit nervous at telling a clergyman how he was feeling, but he was determined to do it anyway. He told me he hadn’t been able to sleep too well the last few nights. He had a sense th…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 11: 26-12: 13 Psalm 51: 1-12 Ephesians 4: 1-16 John 6: 24-35 We can usually see what is wrong with other people. David saw immediately the injustice committed by the rich man in the story that Nathan related. What he did…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Nehemiah 8 v 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 Luke 4 v 14-21 God’s Word is “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12) if we allow it to work in our lives. For those of us whose Bible-reading has become a duty rather than a joy, for those who “tun…
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 20 Year A Lord, teach us to live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, Let us not be intimidated by opposition or criticism. Keep us firm in the faith you have set before us; Through Christ who has triumphed and reigns with you in your Holy Spirit for ever and ever A…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 4 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 4 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 4 Sunday between 29 May & 4 June (after Trinity) Genesis 6. 9-22; 7. 24; 8. 14-19 Deuteronomy 11. 18-21,26-28 Psalm.46 Ps. 31. 1-5, 19-24 Romans 1. 16-17,3. 22b-28 [29-31] Romans 1. 16-17; 3. 22b-28 [29-31] Matthew 7. 21-29 Matthew 7. 21-29 Lord God, you are our rock, a v…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 5 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 5 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 5 Sunday between 5 & 11 June (after Trinity) Genesis 12. 1-9 Hosea 5.15-6.6 Psalm. 33. 1-12 Psalm. 50. 7-15 Romans 4. 13-25 Matthew 9.9-13, 18-26 Lord, as you have called us, make us worthy of our calling. As we reach out to touch you, touch us, and we shall be changed, t…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year A