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Isaiah for everyone - The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut
Isaiah for everyone - The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut I just came across a comment someone made when my first wife died five years ago. “We are forever grateful that she paid the price of her discipleship.” She “stands tall” among people who have “worked for our comfort and edification . . . Her direc…
Eggs and Ashes PPT - 5th in Lent Yr A
Eggs and Ashes PPT - 5th in Lent Yr A
by R Burgess/C Polhill/ A Lindley (Wild Goose Publ)
Responsive Readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent, taken from Eggs and Ashes Published by Wild Goose. Liturgy written by Ruth Burgess - Illustrations by Rev Andy Lindley Loving God Hear our cry BRING US TO LIFE Redeeming God Rescue us BRING US TO LIFE Spirit of God Breathe on us BR…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (52) HAZELNUTS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (52) HAZELNUTS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(52) HAZELNUTS Natural objects have an immediate and obvious appeal. The great doorway they can open for prayer is that of wonder. Once wonder is aroused it can easily lead into intercession. Hazelnuts are reasonably easy to obtain and they link well with Julian of Norwich’s famo…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (48) PRAYING THE WEEK'S NEWS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (48) PRAYING THE WEEK'S NEWS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(48) PRAYING THE WEEK’S NEWS These intercessions are for two voices, alternating between extracts from the week’s newspapers and prayerful responses to those items of news. The attempt is to hold together the real world in which people live and work, and the infinite resources of…
Jeremiah for everyone - An Ambassador in Chains
Jeremiah for everyone - An Ambassador in Chains
by SPCK - John Goldingay
An Ambassador in Chains When Paul was apparently in prison in Rome, he wrote letters to a number of churches. In church today I was struck by a passage in which he describes himself as an ambassador in chains and asks the Christians in Ephesus to pray for him so that he’d be bold…
Isaiah for everyone - On Following God’s Prompting
Isaiah for everyone - On Following God’s Prompting
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Following God’s Prompting We were at a singer-songwriter venue and the singer’s last song was about her mother’s death two or three years ago. The song title referred to the year of her mother’s birth, which was the same birth year of someone who was with us. She later told us…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Second Sunday of Epiphany Year C