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The Minister as Entrepreneur - Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’?
The Minister as Entrepreneur - Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’?
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’? I am a Christian minister. I am also an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur has rarely made me any money and in the context of this book, that is precisely the point. Here I shall instead be using the term ‘entrepreneur’ to refer to a way of bein…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8.26-40 1John 4.7-21 John 15.1-8 The writings of John, both in the Gospel and the epistles, are bafflingly determined not to come down on one side or the other of the ‘chicken or egg’ question. Which comes first, love of God or love of our neighbou…
Anonymous you come among the nations
Anonymous you come among the nations
by Andrew Pratt
Anonymous you come among the nations, outside the door of synagogue or church, and what you say will shake the world's foundations, will make the sinner sing, the righteous lurch. You come with grace, not seeking any favours, except a cup of water for your thirst, and those dismi…
Job for Everyone - Can a Mortal Be in the Right in God's Eyes?
Job for Everyone - Can a Mortal Be in the Right in God's Eyes?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Can a Mortal Be in the Right in God’s Eyes? Job 4: 1-21 In the heyday of the charismatic movement in Britain, like many people I used to receive short messages from God from time to time for passing on to other people, and sometimes I used to be given such messages by other peopl…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 23 March 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 23 March 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 23 MARCH 1930 You and you and you and I do experience fine fresh contact with God sometimes, and do carry out His will sometimes. One question now to be put to the test is this: Can we have that contact with God all the time? All the time awake, fall asleep in His arm…
LWPT Meditations - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2nd Kings 5:1-14 Galatians 6:7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 When Paul wrote to the Galatians, it was with a message of God’s grace (2:16,21; 3:14,18 etc). He was almost desperate that his readers should not be misled into keeping the laws …
Mark The People's Commentary - Insider and outsiders
Mark The People's Commentary - Insider and outsiders
by BRF - Dick France
Insiders and outsiders Here is the other end of the ‘sandwich’ which began in verses 20–21; the family have arrived. At the same time, a further layer is added to the sandwich, in that the inner circle of the disciples, whose call was narrated just before the family were introduc…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 25 February 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 25 February 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 25 February 1931 As I lay on the warm earth on Signal Hill last night, I asked God the question, “Why is it that Thou dost allow us on this earth to do nearly all the talking? Why do we not always hear Thy voice, since Thou art so much wiser than we are?”...
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 29 January 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 29 January 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 29 JANUARY 1930 I feel simply carried along each hour, doing my part in a plan which is far beyond myself. This sense of cooperation with God in little things is what so astonishes me, for I never have felt it this way before. I need something, and turn round to find …
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Who Can Lay Hands On Yahweh's Anointed and Get Away With It?
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Who Can Lay Hands On Yahweh's Anointed and Get Away With It?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Who Can Lay Hands on Yahweh’s Anointed and Get Away with It? 1 Samuel 26: 1- 28: 2 This past weekend the U.S. Congress passed a bill designed to reform health care in the nation. By the time you read this we will know more about how it all works out. You may not approve of Congre…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Why Did It Happen to Me?
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Why Did It Happen to Me?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Why Did It Happen to Me? Genesis 4: 5b-9 I was talking to a woman who was angry with God. It was a strangely unfocused anger. She was a homemaker of the old-fashioned kind. She had been faithful to her husband, and as far as she knew he had been faithful to her. But he was only r…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - The Man Who Has Learned How To Be A Prophet
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - The Man Who Has Learned How To Be A Prophet
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Man Who Has Learned How to Be a Prophet 2 Samuel 12: 1- 15a A pastor once came to talk to me because he had had an affair. He had actually “got away with it.” He thinks his wife never realized, but he knew he had behaved in a way that was both wrong and stupid, and he knew he…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - BESIDE the SEASIDE