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Luke for Everyone - Simeon and Anna
Luke for Everyone - Simeon and Anna
by SPCK - N T Wright
Simeon and Anna Luke 2.21-40 I watched as the craftsman went about his task. He carefully set the lead into the window to be the framework for the beautiful glass he had been staining. Now came the moment: where before was a plain window, now there was a riot of colour and shape,…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A The story of the feeding of the five thousand is one of the best known in the Bible; it is recorded in each of the gospels. It all began because Jesus wanted some peace and quiet after he heard of the violent death of his cousin, Joh…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Marriage, Celibacy and Children
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Marriage, Celibacy and Children
by SPCK - N T Wright
Marriage, Celibacy and Children Matthew 19.10-15 We were staying with friends who had recently become grandparents for the first time. They were telling us of the time when their little granddaughter came to stay overnight while her parents were away for a short while. ‘We were s…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 13 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 13 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 13 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 14: 3-21 Gaze on this footsore crowd of people, who came out so enthusiastically, traipsing in the midday sun from their town and villages over the hills, down steep stony paths, to the shore. See the men scanning the lake, shielding their…
Luke for Everyone - Teachings on Stewardship
Luke for Everyone - Teachings on Stewardship
by SPCK - N T Wright
Teachings on Stewardship Luke 16.10-18 Luke for Everyone 10‘Someone who is faithful in a small matter’, Jesus continued, ‘will also be faithful in a large one. Someone who is dishonest in a small matter will also be dishonest in a large one. 11If you haven’t been faithful with th…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The First Disciples
John for Everyone Part 1 - The First Disciples
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Disciples John 1.35-42 I was staying with my uncle in Toronto. I was nineteen at the time. He took me with him for a day on one of his hobbies: clay-pigeon shooting. I hadn’t even seen the sport before, let alone done it. Little disks of clay are propelled from a machin…
Luke for Everyone - John the Baptist Confronts the Crowds
Luke for Everyone - John the Baptist Confronts the Crowds
by SPCK - N T Wright
John the Baptist Confronts the Crowds Luke 3.10-20 A cartoon shows a sceptic shouting up to the heavens, ‘God! If you’re up there, tell us what we should do!’ Back comes a voice: ‘Feed the hungry, house the homeless, establish justice.’ The sceptic looks alarmed. ‘Just testing,’ …
The Death of John the Baptist
The Death of John the Baptist
by Dave Hopwood
Food and Water Bible Ref: Matthew 9-11 & 13-16; Mark 6-8; Luke 9; John 6-7 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linkin…
Failure–Reflection on John 1:29-42
Failure–Reflection on John 1:29-42
by Marjorie Dobson
Failure – Reflection on John 1:29-42 If John had decided not to take on the role of Baptist, there would have been no noisy wilderness prophet to gaze at in amazement and to challenge supposedly God-fearing folk about lifestyle and commitment. Who would have baptised Jesus then a…
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A This is the man Matthew 3: 13-17 I went to see John today, out by the Jordan; you should have been there, it was incredible; I’ve never experienced anything like it before! You know what John is like – larger than life to say the leas…
Singing the New Testament - The reign of God is near at hand
Singing the New Testament - The reign of God is near at hand
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
John the Baptizer reached back 700 years to the prophet Isaiah (40: 3) to pick up the prophetic call to repentance to prepare for Christ's coming. Setting this text to a tune long associated with Advent and Christmas provides a note of joy as we remember that Christ did come and …
The Act of Prayer Year C - Third Sunday of Advent - Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Third Sunday of Advent - Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Third Sunday of Advent Year C Opening prayer This is Advent, the season of expectation. In homes throughout the land, Christmas cards stand on mantelpiece and windowsill. Festive trees are adorned with tinsel and baubles, and children wonder what gifts will lie beneath the tree t…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Baptism of Christ Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Baptism of Christ Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Baptism of Christ Year C Opening prayer We sometimes forget that the Jesus whose birth we celebrated at Christmas spent many years growing up in a small Jewish family. He would grow wiser and stronger, learning a trade, waiting for his moment, waiting for the pieces of the bigger…
Mark The People's Commentary - Old and New in Religion