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A reflection
A reflection
by Michaela Youngson
Luke 19.1-10Jesus and Zaccheus A Reflection Take the pressure in a black hole, a singularity far out in space. All that pressure crushing everything that enters it, sucked in by gravity greater than we can imagine. Pressure, crushing, making small. Take the pressure of doing busi…
Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge
Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge (Three characters – woman, judge and narrator. A slight pause is needed after each of the judge’s comments.) Woman: I won’t stop knocking on your door. I won’t stop shouting at your window. I won’t give up until you listen. You can’t get rid of me…
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…
Poem/reflection: What about you?
Poem/reflection: What about you?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: What about you? When we are challenged by some of the words of Jesus and find them difficult to accept in the context of today’s world, how do we respond when Jesus then says, ‘Do you wish to go away also?’ Do we leave with alacrity, glad of a chance to escape? D…
God, save us
God, save us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, save us God, save us from our complacency, for in it lies an acceptance that all is well and nothing need change and the world rolls on as it always will. God, remind us that we never know what lies in the future, but we need to be prepared to face it and to face you…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - On Not Being Able to Have a Baby
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - On Not Being Able to Have a Baby
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Not Being Able to Have a Baby Genesis 16: 1-4a People who cannot have children may go to huge lengths to fulfill their longing. Yesterday I noticed in the newspaper an advertisement for a free lunch and seminar on how to start a family by surrogacy. It involved going to India,…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 20: 1-16 The parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20 v 1-16) addresses a very common and understandable human reaction to the gospel; it is not fair. What was going on in this vineyard was certainly unfair. Some me…
A topsy, turvy, upturned world
A topsy, turvy, upturned world
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A topsy, turvy, upturned world Proper 20 Year A Matthew 20:1-16 A topsy, turvy, upturned world, where values are distorted, the first is last and last is first with everything contorted. The rich are begging at the door while ones they were despising are given charge of God…
Hymn: Through Your grace and mercy, cared for
Hymn: Through Your grace and mercy, cared for
by Andrew Pratt
Through Your grace and mercy, cared for, lives and spirits now made whole, here where praise for years ascended, God receive, confirm, console. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CROSS OF JESUS; LOVE DIVINE (Stsiner) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 27/9/2012 Stainer & Bell…
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a
by Andrew Pratt
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12: 12–31a Notes: A reflection on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a as a conversation between a person and God on the phone or the internet without a video link. First speaker: A committee of one, me, is so much easier to handle don't you think? Well, a…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Acceptance or Rejection
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Acceptance or Rejection
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Acceptance or Rejection? The overture is now in full swing, moving from its magnificent opening about the Word with God in the beginning to what happens when the Word enters into the world. This introduces many of the gospel’s key themes…
Mark The People's Commentary - Mark 4