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Poem/Reflection: The Call
Poem/Reflection: The Call
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: The Call God calls all ages, all types of people and when that call comes it is not always easy to answer. Why me? What have I got to offer? I can’t speak, sing, work or pray in the way I’m being challenged to. I’m not good enough. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation- When despair wrenches the soul
Poem/Meditation- When despair wrenches the soul
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Meditation-When despair wrenches the soul When despair wrenches the soul and the heart is torn with grief; when the dark night is long and the hours are filled with fear; when anxieties prevent sleep and crying out to God seems to bring no answer, what is there to lift that…
Psalms for Everyone - Answer to Prayer Phase Two
Psalms for Everyone - Answer to Prayer Phase Two
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Answer to Prayer Phase Two Psalm 30 In connection with Psalm 16, I have mentioned how a few months ago I met, fell in love with, and proposed to someone, then discovered I had prostate cancer and arranged to have surgery. We had a very moving prayer time in church, and I knew God…
The Post Evangelical - 10 Christianity for a new age
The Post Evangelical - 10 Christianity for a new age
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
10 Christianity for a new age A friend of mine recently asked a well-known evangelical leader if he had heard of the term ‘post-evangelical’. ‘Post-evangelical?’ the man replied, ‘Post-evangelical? Whatever is a post-evangelical? Surely, my boy, one either is an evangelical, or o…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Sixth Sunday of Easter John 15:9-17 Gaze on a page of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from around ad 800; study the Celtic knots and intricate spirals that adorn it. See the way the threads twist and loop together without end or beginning, how hard it is to unrav…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 24 Isaiah 45.1–7 1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 Matthew 22.15–22 The question as weapon is one of the oldest techniques in controversy. You will hear it used to perfection most mornings on the radio. The art is to find the question to …
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 25 Year B