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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:10-11
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:10-11
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:10-11 It is one thing to think a thought, it is quite another to bury it and hide it in the heart. Years ago people would learn verses of the Bible off by heart; sadly this is no longer in vogue educationally. Pity! We deprive ourselves. Memorizing a verse, meditating o…
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 One can hear the frustration in Paul’s writing as he addresses the Corinthian church on the subject of their disunity. He calls them babies – still needing to be…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 3 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 3 Genesis 45.3–11, 15 1 Corinthians 15.35–8 Luke 6.27–38 These verses in Luke mark a shift in tone from the preceding verses. The ‘blessings and woes’ section that comes immediately before this passage is about what is ‘now’, it is about results. But now Jesus moves from t…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Gentile Healed
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Another Gentile Healed
by BRF - Dick France
Another Gentile Healed The previous story focused on the question of Jesus’ mission to Gentiles as well as Jews. Now we see him continuing in Gentile territory: Sidon, like Tyre, was Phoenician, and Decapolis was the Greek-dominated area to the east of the lake of Galilee (see on…
Eggs and Ashes PPT- 2nd in Lent YrA
Eggs and Ashes PPT- 2nd in Lent YrA
by R Burgess/C Polhill/ A Lindley (Wild Goose Publ)
From the Wild Goose Book, by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill an illustrated set of Lent Readings for the Second Sunday of Lent - Year A in the lectionary cycle. Liturgy by Ruth Burgess Gathering God Our rock and shelter WE ARE HERE TO MEET WITH YOU Travelling God Our way and wonde…
How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
by SPCK - N T Wright
Kingdom, Cross and God part 2 This is how it works. First, the vision. Daniel has a dream of four monsters trampling the earth in great wickedness and violence. Then a court scene develops in heaven: ‘Thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne’ (7.9)…
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23