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Prayer: Confession
Prayer: Confession
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Confession It seems so unrealistic to talk of not knowing about sin and never committing sin – and if we do, then we cannot know, or see, Jesus. How can that be possible, when we’re only human and we are told that Jesus is the only one without sin? Some contradiction ther…
Poem: What the Devil …?
Poem: What the Devil …?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: What the Devil …? The Devil tempting Jesus in the desert didn’t wear a red body stocking and a cloak, or carry a pitchfork, or have a black beard and fierce eyes, and there was certainly no tail to be seen. That would have given the game away far too easily. No, The Devil t…
David’s line
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…
Poem: Water upon water
Poem: Water upon water
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Water upon water Water upon water – that’s what happened in the days of Noah. Rain created floods, evaporated and created more rain to heighten the floods and bring devastation. And no-one listened to Noah, except his own family and they had no choice. But it was water that…
God's presence was seen in the person of Jesus
God's presence was seen in the person of Jesus
by Andrew Pratt
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 11: 2 – 11 Hymn: God's presence was seen in the person of Jesus God's presence was seen in the person of Jesus where people found healing and wholeness and grace, miraculous wonders and love without measure, the touch of his hands and the loo…
Hymn: A troubled soul, the Christ of God
Hymn: A troubled soul, the Christ of God
by Andrew Pratt
A troubled soul, the Christ of God, humanity exposed, with all the turmoil that we feel, when choices are proposed. The monumental choice he faced, the crisis must be met, to take the path of love to death, or turn away, forget. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ELLACOMBE Metre: DCM Andr…
It all feels so unjust
It all feels so unjust
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: It all feels so unjust Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3: 13 – 22 It all feels so unjust when they slag me off, makes me cynical. I hardly want to believe anymore. Call themselves Christian? And they tell me how to behave? Should look at themselves. It all feels so unju…
Making much of clever counsel
Making much of clever counsel
by Andrew Pratt
Making much of clever counsel lawyers sought to trip and flaw. Jesus answered with God’s wisdom, offered grace to cut through law. God of Jesus, God of Moses, God of Hannah and of Ruth; God of Dorcas, God of Peter, help us understand your truth. Verse 3-4 follow Tune: ALL FOR JES…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Now I Know
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Now I Know
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Now I Know Genesis 22: 11- 19 In 1969, as the Vietnam war reached its peak, the Canadian Jewish poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen recorded a song about “The Story of Isaac.” The first two verses imaginatively retell the story from Isaac’s angle, but then the song ricochets into a…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10.22-30 Gaze on a rough, stormy day in Jerusalem. Our usual picture of the Holy Land is of sun and heat, and a life led in the open air, but there can be cold winds and rain, too. Jesus is sheltering in one of the inner courts of the Temple. It’s…
Within the Areopagus
Within the Areopagus
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Within the Areopagus Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 17: 22-31 Within the Areopagus debate was heated, talk was fast, Paul joined this lively interchange: debate goes on, the questions last. It was not easy to believe: the 'god' they worshipped was unknown. They harboured an un…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3.12-19 1John 3.1-7 Luke 24.36b-48 A puzzled seeker writes: I’ve been interested in this Jesus movement for years, but I’m no closer to understanding it now that I’m an old man than I was all those years ago in Jerusalem. It started when my uncle t…
Echoing the Word - Words at the distribution
Echoing the Word - Words at the distribution
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
19 The prayer of humble access There are two sets of words to consider at the time of the distribution: first, those spoken by the president to invite people to Communion; second, those spoken by those distributing the consecrated bread and wine to each communicant in turn, altho…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Passion of Jesus Jesus’ conflict with the Jerusalem authorities escalates. Our labels for these authorities are problematic at best: “Jewish” is anachronistic; “religious” as opposed to “political” is modern and Western. In first-century Jerusalem, the temple authorities, who…
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