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Transforming Preaching - Learning
Transforming Preaching - Learning
by SPCK - David Heywood
2 The sermon as a learning event Learning We have looked at two of the specific ‘components’ of the learning process, listening and remembering. We have seen that listening is an active process; it requires a decision to pay attention to some new information or situation, whether…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine
by SPCK - John Goldingay
God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine Psalm 143 Contrary to the resolve she had announced a few days ago, first thing this morning my wife sat at her computer checking the news. Eventually I asked her what had happened to her resolve to begin the day with her time of devotion, and in horr…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Thine Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Thine Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Thine Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Psalm 145 A student once asked me why the Lord’s Prayer is so different from the prayers in the Psalms, which characteristically cry out to God and issue protests to God because of people’s urgent needs. I wasn’t sure, but in due cou…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - How to Persuade Your Heart
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - How to Persuade Your Heart
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Persuade Your Heart Psalm 103 Some years ago I went through one of those periods when God didn’t seem to be real. I don’t mean I was going through some intellectual questioning, though I have done that at other times, but rather that I didn’t feel that God was there. I wou…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People Psalm 124-125 Last weekend we overheard a conversation on the San Francisco subway in which the father of two small children who was on his way to the airport with some people from different parts of the country was recounting …
The Open Gate - Blessings - Prayers 8-12
The Open Gate - Blessings - Prayers 8-12
by SPCK - David Adam
Blessings The Father of many resting places grant you rest; The Christ who stilled the storm grant you calm; The Spirit who fills all things grant you peace. God’s light be your light, God’s love be your love, God’s way be your way. And the blessing . . .
The Open Gate - Introduction
The Open Gate - Introduction
by SPCK - David Adam
Introduction As long as we are alive, we are on the move. To become static is to stagnate and die. It is necessary for all living things to move and grow and change. Life is meant to be an adventure; change is a gift that we have to learn to use aright. In Celtic folk-tales a cur…
The Open Gate - Preparation
The Open Gate - Preparation
by SPCK - David Adam
Preparation We all need to prepare ourselves for prayer, just as we get ourselves ready for meeting a friend. There are things we will want to share, and events we will want to talk about. We may want a bit of support or guidance, we may want to offer to do some work for our frie…
Meditation - Easter Day Year C
Meditation - Easter Day Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Easter Day Year C A glimmer of hope Luke 24: 1-12 I never imagined they would believe us, not for a minute. A handful of emotional, distraught women, mourning the loss of someone so dear. A harrowing weekend, two nights of lost sleep and a very early morning later, n…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Just a polite request John 5: 1-9 I'd been there thirty-eight years - almost longer than anyone else. I've seen the front row change with frequent regularity; when one person is healed, another is brought in, often by many well-meaning and…
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year C
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year C Young, blossoming and… pregnant! Luke 1: 39-55 ‘You’re going to have a baby, Mary! Yes, I know you’re not married, But you’re going to have a baby! And Elizabeth’s going to have a baby too!... Created by david Middleton on behalf of LWPT (…
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