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Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 10 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 10 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 10 Deuteronomy 30.9–14 Colossians 1.1–14 Luke 10.25–37 Does God actually make things too easy for us? Do we keep looking around for the catch, trying to work out what we are missing, when really the truth is as simple as can be? Our human religious instincts tend to go in …
Psalms for Everyone - In the Dark of the Canyon
Psalms for Everyone - In the Dark of the Canyon
by SPCK - John Goldingay
In the Dark of the Canyon Psalm 23 In the foothills of the mountains near where we live is a retreat center where we have a faculty gathering each fall. Two years ago a new director at the center gave us some advice we had not been given before. If we met a bear on the grounds, w…
Rhythms of remembering - Saturday Midday Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Saturday Midday Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
Midday and Night Prayer for all seasons Saturday Midday Prayer God said: When you call upon me I will answer you. I will be with you in trouble, and I will deliver you. Our Father in heaven, for you love all your creation...
Reflection/Poem-I know my place
Reflection/Poem-I know my place
by Sue Brown
I know my place (Luke 14:7-14) I know my place. I’ve climbed the ladder of success: Acquiring knowledge And developing the right skills. I’ve learnt who to impress And who can be ignored. I don’t waste my time On those who are a waste of space. I’ve put in the hard graft And feel…
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas barbed and barbarous "they shall name him Emmanuel, which means, God is with us" Matthew 1:23 When juxtaposed with an image of barbed wire the definition of the word bar…
Psalms for Everyone - The Way Prayer Makes a Difference