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From a prison cell
From a prison cell
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 11.2-11 Monologue: From a prison cell I shouldn’t have doubted. I should have known. And trusted. But I’d been in this prison too long. And I’m only human. I know! I know! That wasn’t how people saw me. They saw a loud-mouthed, opinionated, w…
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C) Reflection accompanying image “No way in or Out” The photograph presents a conundrum. The room in the tower offers a view over the boundary wall which cannot be seen by those at ground level. The access door is set well above…
Opening Prayer - John the Baptist
Opening Prayer - John the Baptist
by Richard Steel
An opening Prayer based on Benedictus and John the Baptist’s ministry John the Baptist (24th June) Opening Prayer (Based on Benedictus and John the Baptist’s ministry) As people who know we have received mercy We come to you As those who share your new Covenant We come to you As …
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “Bear fruits worthy of repentance ” Bear fruits worthy of repentance. (Luke 3:8) Winter strips everything back and we are left to focus on what really matters. The hedgerows are d…
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…
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…
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…
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C) Reflection accompanying image “Prepare the way of the Lord ” "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straigh…
Crying in the Wilderness
Crying in the Wilderness
by David A. Campton
Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist in Belfast 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 paths Repair the p…
A hymn for candle lighting services in Advent
A hymn for candle lighting services in Advent
by Andrew Pratt
A hymn for candle lighting services in Advent Different lectionaries and churches use different themes and orders for these service, A selection of four verses for the Sundays of Advent should be chosen from the selection together with the last verse for Christmas day. The order …
Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
by Jane Bingham
Advent Candle Liturgy – to accompany the hymn the Holly & the Ivy Advent 1 We light today our 1st red candle remembering all Gods people. People who are experiencing life in all its complexities and still find their faith in you. Light candles Response – Remind us Lord that we ar…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Advent - Year A