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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 41:1, 6
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 41:1, 6
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 41:1, 6 The causes of poverty are the enemies of God. In a world of great complexity it is not always easy to identify them, nor is it simple to find the remedies. The causes range from trading tariffs to the changing climate, from war to corruption and exploitation. Those …
Simply Jesus - Space, time and matter
Simply Jesus - Space, time and matter
by SPCK - N T Wright
Space, time and matter The one thing we can be sure of is that inhabitants of first-century Palestine didn’t think of space, time and matter in quite the way that we do. If we’re going to understand Jesus, it’s vital to grasp the difference between his world and ours...
Meditation - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Radical-conservative thinking Matthew 5: 21-37 Somebody once told me there were 365 laws to keep, one for every day of the year! Well, I doubt I could recite more than a handful, so if It’s difficult knowing what the laws are, imagine…
Opening prayer - In your presence
Opening prayer - In your presence
by John Birch
An opening prayer image for a service In your presence we find the Bread of Life who will feed our souls... Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 2000 x 1549 pixels and 1.1MB The ideal way to insert into P…
See God at work
See God at work
by Mark King
Activity sheet. Instructions: 1) Print this sheet on to BOTH sides of a sheet of paper 2) Carefully cut out the centre hole 3) Position in a suitable window, or place the sheet in a pocket for later use (in the field) 4) Observe WARNING - You may sometimes see scenes that disturb…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 20 January 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 20 January 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 20 JANUARY 1930 Living in the atmosphere of Islam is proving—thus far— a tremendous spiritual stimulus. Mohammed is helping me. I have no more intention of giving up Christianity and becoming a Mohammedan than I had twenty year ago, but I find myself richer for the Is…
Meditation - sunday Before Advent Year C (2nd)
Meditation - sunday Before Advent Year C (2nd)
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Advent Year C Safe yourself Luke 23: 33-43 Save Yourself if you are the Messiah! The leaders laughed and scoffed at the sight of Jesus, nailed to a cross. His life slowly but certainly, ebbing away, he couldn’t save himself now! Finally Jesus was under …
Meditation - Pentecost Year C
Meditation - Pentecost Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Pentecost Year C Help at last! John 14: 8-17 (25-27) ‘If you love me, obey my commandments,’ he said. Well that sounds easy enough, and to a great extent it’s perfectly reasonable. We really do love him, and just as he so rightly said, because we love him, we want to…
Meditation - Trinity Sunday Year C
Meditation - Trinity Sunday Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Trinity Sunday Time Year C Tomorrow John 16: 12-15 Why? Why go to such lengths to fill us in, Father God? As I look back over the history of your relationship with us I am staggered at the lengths you’ve done to keep us informed. You are God, accountable to no one, f…
Poem: Even today
Poem: Even today
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Even today Even today, when so many people believe in nothing, or so they claim and others believe in crystals, ley lines and sun worship, which doesn’t seem to improve the weather one bit and others declare this life is all we’ve got, so who cares about anything except hav…
The Open Gate - The Eucharistic Prayer
The Open Gate - The Eucharistic Prayer
by SPCK - David Adam
The Eucharistic Prayer At the centre of the Eucharist is the great eucharistic prayer. It is the offering of our Lord Himself to us, now in time and for all eternity. It contains the eternal relationship and love that our God always has towards us. It seeks to express deep myster…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 August 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 August 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 21 AUGUST 1930 I shall be forty-six in two weeks. I no longer have the sense that life is all before me, as I had a few years ago. Some of it is behind—and a miserable poor past it is, so far below what I had dreamed that I dare not even think of it. Nor dare I think …
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 22 September 1930