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Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “The crowds came out ” How are we to picture the crowds of people who left their homes and made their way out to the Jordan to be baptised by John the Baptist? One striking piece that I saw in…
The crowds came out
The crowds came out
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: the crowds came out (Advent 3C) Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 4054 x 2872 pixels and 426KB The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduc…
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C) Reflection accompanying image “Advent Kairos Moments” As the sky lightens at daybreak this is the moment in which the sun penetrates the chilly shroud of mist and bathes the landscape in milky light. Chronological time become…
Imagining the Lectionary: I will gather you together and bring you home again (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: I will gather you together and bring you home again (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: I will gather you together and bring you home again (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “Footprints on the beach leading away from a storm ” On that day I will gather you together and bring you home again (Zephaniah 3:20) John said to the crowds th…
Crying in the Wilderness
Crying in the Wilderness
by David A. Campton
Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist in the City Based on Isaiah 40:3-5 and inspired by Janet Lees It can be lonely crying in the wilderness In the inner city wastelands And run-down sixties housing estates Crying out “Get ready for God.” Straighten up the streets...
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word Second Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 49: 1 – 7; John 1: 29 – 42 A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word, an arc-light to shine through the crass or absurd. The prophet had spoken of just such a voice, embodied in Jo…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Advent - Year A Isaiah 35:1–10 James 5:7–10 Matthew 11:2–11 In last Sunday’s Gospel reading (Matthew 3. 1–12), John the Baptist arrives to herald the beginning of Jesus’s adult ministry. He is incredibly rude to the people who flock to hear him preach their ju…
Poem/Meditation: Crazy, ragged, ranting prophet
Poem/Meditation: Crazy, ragged, ranting prophet
by Andrew Pratt
Poem/Meditation: Crazy, ragged, ranting prophet Crazy, ragged, ranting prophet, least that's how some people saw him, eating locusts and wild honey, sweeping hypocrites before him. Standing by the raging river, raging at unrighteousness forces, calling weak and powerful to him, s…
Searching seeking people clamoured
Searching seeking people clamoured
by Andrew Pratt
Second Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 3: 1 – 12Hymn: Searching, seeking, people clamoured, Searching, seeking, people clamoured, heard the noise and saw the crowd. Saw the baptist by the river, calling clear and calling loud. First attracted, then confounded... Andrew Pratt (b…
Advent prayer
Advent prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
A prayer linking John the Baptist's message with the birth of Jesus. There is excitement in the air. This is the season of anticipation. For many, it is in the fairytale magic of Father Christmas. For us, it is because we are waiting to celebrate a birth. Continues... (First publ…
John The People's Commentary - Bearing Witness