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Jesus preached, the people pondered words
Jesus preached, the people pondered words
by Andrew Pratt
Jesus preached, the people pondered words to challenge and convict; they would rather hold to power, these were facts to contradict. Faced with truth we need to grasp the honesty of what is said, all too often we resist the things we hear or what is read. Continues... Tune: ALL F…
LWPT Meditations - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 Ephesians 1: 3-14 Mark 6: 14-29 We should never try to explain the mind of God nor attempt to comprehend the means whereby he acts, but in reading the first chapter of the letter to the Ephesians …
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-13 I wonder how many churches will include the reading from 2nd Thessalonians in today’s service? It is the epistle for the day, but to read these words, or at least to read them without further comment, would b…
Crazy how the world can splinter
Crazy how the world can splinter
by Andrew Pratt
Crazy how the world can splinter, everything comes crashing down, lives are broken, hopes are shattered, life is like a tarnished crown. Verses 2-3 follows Tune: DIJON; ALL FOR JESUS Metre:8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 14/8/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, w…
Hymn: Not so funny, yet he chuckled
Hymn: Not so funny, yet he chuckled
by Andrew Pratt
Not so funny, yet he chuckled, this was not the time he’d planned, in his nineties, got his pension, soon to be a family man! Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SHIPSTON Metre: 8 7 8 7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 7/2/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Pleas…
Hymn: Now in the face of Christ we see
Hymn: Now in the face of Christ we see
by Andrew Pratt
Now in the face of Christ we see God's living glory shine, no false reflection mirrored here, no metaphor or sign. This is the name above all names, who lived and moved and breathed, who felt our grief and knew our pain, now humanly conceived. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: GRAFENBERG, …
Like a mother calms a baby
Like a mother calms a baby
by Andrew Pratt
Like a mother calms a baby, gently held within her arms, God will hold his chosen people, keep them safe from life's alarms. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/6/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Pl…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 8 2 Kings 2.1–14 Galatians 5.1, 13–25 Luke 9.51–end ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead.’ One of Jesus’ starkest commands, this flies in the face of the sacred Jewish obligation to attend to the burial of one’s father ahead of all other duties, even saying one’s daily praye…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Then He Died
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Then He Died
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Then He Died Genesis 5: 1-20 Three years ago, a friend of ours died. When he was about thirty, he developed a brain tumor. He had surgery and recovered, he fell in love, and I preached at his wedding. Then, within weeks the tumor reappeared. He died before he and his bride finish…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17.20-26 Gaze on the disciples, trudging down the hillside after the Ascension, overwhelmed by the shock of losing the presence of Jesus yet again. Will absence make the heart grow fonder, or will it be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’? Some…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 3 Genesis 45.3–11, 15 1 Corinthians 15.35–8 Luke 6.27–38 These verses in Luke mark a shift in tone from the preceding verses. The ‘blessings and woes’ section that comes immediately before this passage is about what is ‘now’, it is about results. But now Jesus moves from t…
The view from the mountain, enticing, expectant
The view from the mountain, enticing, expectant
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: The view from the mountain, enticing, expectant Proper 25 year A Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 The view from the mountain, enticing, expectant, the end of a journey, the start of new life; and Moses was watching with longing and heartache, while Joshua waited to lead in the strife. …
We are guardians for the people
We are guardians for the people
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: We are guardians for the people Proper 18 Year A Ezekiel 33: 7 – 11 We are guardians for the people, called by God to care and serve acting out the love of neighbour, giving all without reserve. We are prophets for the people, God has asked us to protect... Tune: ALL FOR JE…
She's the one Christ should have hated
She's the one Christ should have hated
by Andrew Pratt
3rd Sunday in Lent Hymn: She’s the one Christ should have hated She’s the one Christ should have hated, every law set her apart, woman, foreign, faith betrayer, yet compassion warmed his heart. Was he thirsty? Human nature giving us a reason why... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Word…
Rhythms of remembering - Wednesday Midday Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Wednesday Midday Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
Midday and Night Prayer for all seasons Wednesday Midday Prayer Open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall declare your praise. You, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of God to prepare the way,..
At Matthew's House
At Matthew's House
by Dave Hopwood
A New Kind of Fishing Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to …
Hidden Treasure and Precious Pearls
Hidden Treasure and Precious Pearls
by Dave Hopwood
Food and Water Bible Ref: Matthew 9-11 & 13-16; Mark 6-8; Luke 9; John 6-7 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linkin…
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