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Who am I?
Who am I?
by David John Woodman
This poem depicts a growing understanding of self and this social world - the interactions between people and what drives them to do what they do. It considers the good and bad deeds I do, they all need to be remembered and shows the limit of human growth, and the need for God's …
Difficult Journey
Difficult Journey
by Rose humphrey
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Meditation - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C A real turn around Luke 16: 1-13 How can a bad person be a good example? That’s what I want to know, Jesus. I must say I’m not a little surprised by the story you told today, about the shrewd manager. Don’t you think you might be mis…
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge On those days when people seem to be aggressive and antagonistic: God is our refuge. On those days when bad news is the only news of the day: God is our refuge. On those days when tragedy and disaster bring fear and a sense of helplessness: Go…
How much more?
How much more?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: How much more? Proper 19 Year A Psalm 103: 8-13 Parents can forgive and forget the mistakes their children make; the heartache they often cause; the irresponsible behaviour, the outbursts of temper, the wilfulness and waywardness that youngsters can exhibit. For love is the…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Attitudes to Egyptians (and Others)
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Attitudes to Egyptians (and Others)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Attitudes to Egyptians (and Others) Deuteronomy 23: 1-25 I have recently been to two concerts where the band included musicians from British towns within an hour or two of my own hometown—singer Graham Nash and guitarist Slash. Both have lived in Los Angeles for decades, and I do…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Man Who Would be King
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Man Who Would be King
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Man Who Would Be King JUDGES 9: 1-57 In connection with Joshua 20, I mentioned a woman in my class who apparently had a brain tumor. In an e-mail a couple of weeks ago, she talked about ways God had been speaking to her through classes she had taken over the summer and fall a…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How to be a Dysfunctional Royal Family
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How to be a Dysfunctional Royal Family
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Be a Dysfunctional Royal family 1 Samuel 17: 55- 18: 16 Queen Elizabeth II declared 1992 her annus horribilis, her “horrible year.” The phrase is a riff on the expression annus mirabilis, “miracle year,” the phrase devised by the poet John Dryden to describe 1666, the year…
Rainbow
Rainbow
by Olivia Rose Bell
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Isaiah 5:1-7 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 When God wanted to warn his unfaithful people, he beguiled them into thinking they were about to hear a love song. “I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard” (Isaiah 5:1).…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 30. That's not way to speak to yourself!
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 30. That's not way to speak to yourself!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 30 That’s no way to speak to yourself! Romans 8.1 Guilt. It lurks, waiting for the inevitable: you get exhausted and say something less than kind, do something unfriendly. You find yourself blaming your loved one for your feeling of bein…
Mark The People's bible commentary - Golgotha
Mark The People's bible commentary - Golgotha
by BRF - Dick France
GOLGOTHA Crucifixion was a particularly cruel form of execution reserved normally for slaves and for political insurgents. The Roman writer Cicero called it ‘the most cruel and revolting punishment’ and the Jew Josephus called it ‘the most pitiable of deaths’. A crucified person …
Poem: Good news
Poem: Good news
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Good news Bad news stories hit the headlines: crime and evil every day. and if there’s no bad news story, speculation will hold sway. Tweets and twitters full of fury fuel aggression, stir up hate and when this erupts in violence, action comes, but far too late. Continues..…
Job for Everyone - Leviathan