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Imagining the Lectionary: palms and passion
Imagining the Lectionary: palms and passion
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Palms and Passion Reflection accompanying images “O Jesus forsaken today” and “Jesus is crucified” Whichever way we look at it, the final phase of the Lenten journey towards Easter is the supreme test of our mettle as disciples. Do we continue alongsid…
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
by David Perry
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy week in Abstract Reflection accompanying image “Henry Moore upright motives monochrome” The first time that I saw this group of Henry Moore's 'Upright Motives' the picture of the three Good Friday crucifixions came instantly to mind. The very fa…
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: He has risen – explanation mark or question Reflection accompanying image “He has risen” What punctuation should we put around the Easter event Jesus dies; and in a breathtaking step-change of cognitive reframing his disciples come to grasp the eternal…
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond Reflection accompanying image “Journey of faith in God” The imposing limestone cliffs of Water-cum-Jolly Dale in the Derbyshire Peak District and the prone-to-flooding…
Imagining the Lectionary: Easter set in stone
Imagining the Lectionary: Easter set in stone
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Easter set in stone Reflection accompanying image “Cornish Celtic Cross with Christ Crucified and Risen set against dramatic sky” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord” (John 20:18) For centuries this figure of …
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday - stop the hurt and break the cycles of despair
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday - stop the hurt and break the cycles of despair
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday – stop the hurt and break the cycles of despair Reflection accompanying image “Stop The Hurt” Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detac…
Imagining the Lectionary: high street crucifixion
Imagining the Lectionary: high street crucifixion
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday – High Street Crucifixion Reflection accompanying image “Christ crucified on the high street” God so loved the world.....so how can something which matters so much seem to mean so little to so many, not least when so many have so much hid…
Imagining the Lectionary: raising of Lazarus (Lent 5A)
Imagining the Lectionary: raising of Lazarus (Lent 5A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: raising of Lazarus (Lent 5A) Reflection accompanying images “Raising of Lazarus”, and faux antique postcard series: “Entombed in a story of death and despair”, “Facing the worst with Jesus”, “Jesus opens up a new dimension” and “The presence of Jesus bri…
Imagining the Lectionary: Point of Isolation (Lent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Point of Isolation (Lent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Point of Isolation (Lent 4A) Reflection accompanying image “caution – point of isolation” They said, "You're nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with us!" Then they threw him out in the street. (John 9:34) The story in John chapter 9 about …
Imagining the Lectionary: you were darkness (Lent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: you were darkness (Lent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: you were darkness (Lent 4A) Reflection accompanying image “you were darkness” For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light (Ephesians 5:8) Having let my imagination run riot with the theme of darkness and light what is striking about t…
Poem: Taste and see
Poem: Taste and see
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Taste and see. Whatever your taste – whether it’s for a bacon sandwich, or a cream scone, or fish and chips, or rare roast beef, or a fine wine, or a strong dark coffee, or an extra-strong peppermint – the thought of the taste and the imagination of the sensation of eating,…
Festivals Together - Introduction- festivals for everyone
Festivals Together - Introduction- festivals for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Creating all-age worship: the key components Introduction Festival is a great word and a great experience, one deeply embedded in contemporary culture. It is estimated that there are at least five hundred music festivals alone each year in the UK, plus countless other types. Ther…
Worship Together - Promise for Everyone
Worship Together - Promise for Everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
December – Promise for everyone Worship Together December brings us to the beginning of the church year, but for the vast majority of people it brings us to Christmas. The challenge is to use the lectionary to recapture a sense of Advent, of preparing for the coming of Christ as …
Festivals Together - How to use this book
Festivals Together - How to use this book
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
How to use this book Festivals Together There are fifteen festival outlines in this book, each of them offering something different. They range from the familiar occasions such as Mothering Sunday to the solemn days of Holy Week.1 The ideas that are offered are jumping-off points…
Worship Together - Invitation for everyone