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Hymn: Imagine people gathered round
Hymn: Imagine people gathered round
by Andrew Pratt
Imagine people gathered round, the day was warm, the sun was low. The mist was rising from the lake, the mood was holy, lowly, slow. Toward the evening they had come, expectant, waiting for his word. The day was long, they rested tired, and looking, his compassion stirred. Verses…
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
by Andrew Pratt
Visions of paradise: heaven disclosingsomething of beauty, of joy and delight; colours cascading that shimmer before us, tempting from darkness to temples of light. But we are grounded, the earth pulls, constrains us, keeping us close to the things that we know. Ours is the commo…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY... ...The guests arrived on time, and soon the party was in full swing. The little nibbles, a whole variety of tasty little morsels, were delicious. The wine sparkled in the glasses. A lovely smell wafted through from the kitche…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Sundays Before Advent The Fourth Sunday Before Advent Micah 3.5–12 1 Thessalonians 2.9–13 Matthew 24.1–14 ‘That was a really depressing morning,’ said one disciple to another, leaning back in the sparse shade of the olive tree to keep out of the mi…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Walking on the Water
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Walking on the Water
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Walking on the Water John 6.16-25 Some animals are naturally afraid of water. Cats will not normally go for a swim in a river; nor will hedgehogs. Most monkeys and apes, despite sharing some other characteristics of humans, do not care for water. This fact is exploited at a…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Friday: Week 5 in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Friday: Week 5 in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 5 FRIDAY... ...It was late October 1991. The fishing boat Andrea Gail was five hundred miles out into the Atlantic, off the Massachusetts coast. A cold front was moving along the US–Canada border, causing turbulent weather in New England, while …
Journeying With Mark Year B - Passion - Holy Week
Journeying With Mark Year B - Passion - Holy Week
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
5 Passion – Holy Week Exploring the text The Revised Common Lectionary’s decision to intersperse Mark’s Gospel with John’s Gospel is nowhere more frustrating than in Holy Week. As we noted in the Introduction, Mark’s Gospel builds from the moment that John the Baptist bursts on t…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Sundays Before Advent The Second Sunday Before Advent Zephaniah 1.7, 12–18 1 Thessalonians 5.1–11 Matthew 25.14–30 The word ‘gospel’ means ‘good news’, and Christians believe that, in Jesus Christ, the whole world is offered the good news of God’…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 117 22/05/16
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 117 22/05/16
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 163
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 163
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 2. The Wedding - Applecartlive
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 2. The Wedding - Applecartlive
by Applecartlive Ltd
Massive Sale - up to 50% off a teacher's dozen Resources Applecartlive's New School Shorts is a series of short films produced for children of primary school age. A Bible story is retold in each film using everyday language and creative locations. In The Wedding the storyteller…
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 4. The Builders - Applecartlive