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Poem - True Worship
Poem - True Worship
by Colin Smith
Lost in the mists of time, we changed from being seen as those with a particular lifestyle arising from a living relationship with God, to those who attend a weekly ceremony in a weird building. This can infect our thinking too and lead us to question the value of our weekly atte…
TRUE VINE 1
TRUE VINE 1
by Jonathan Miller
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) Insert as Picture in the normal way. If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in the t…
The true light
The true light
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: Word, life-space and enlightenment (Advent 3B) TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportio…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I AM THE VINE
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I AM THE VINE
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
I AM THE VINE The various themes introduced in chapter 13 were developed through chapter 14, including the key elements of a farewell speech. Finally, Jesus said, ‘Rise, let us go from here’ (14:31). However, they do not do this until 18:1. Some scholars suggest that chapters 15—…
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new family - 4
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new family - 4
by SPCK - Tom Wright
4 New meal, new family Part One HOW IT ALL BEGAN One more scene, and then we’ll stop play-acting. This, though, is where the story really starts, so we’re going to go into it a little more deeply, and take three chapters over it. We’re going back to Turkey, to a little town a hun…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Homage to the King
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Homage to the King
by BRF - Dick France
HOMAGE to the “KING” In the hands of the Romans Even among the Jewish people Jesus has been subjected to cruelty and abuse both from the members of the Sanhedrin and from their (Jewish) guards (14:65). But now he is in the hands of the Romans, and they too will have their turn. F…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (2)
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (2)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Nightmares and Dreams (2) My wife and I both have recurrent features of our dreams. Kathleen’s dreams tend to be frightening—yesterday in her dream she fell under a car. In my dreams, more often than not an incidental feature is that I am pushing my first wife, Ann, in her wheelc…
Tell me please; I want to know
Tell me please; I want to know
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
May our lives be beautiful and true just as the music of the harp! PRAISE GOD WITH THE HARP! Tell me please; I want to know: why these strings without a bow? And this quaint three-sided frame: What’s its purpose? What’s its name? All my questions fade away‚ when I hear the harpis…
Easter Commercials
Easter Commercials
by Jane Bingham
A meditation on the commercialisation of Easter Easter Commercials As soon as Christmas is over there they are on the shelves – Cadburys Cream Eggs. A sign of the next commercial jamboree. Waiting to leap into our frame of reference shortly after Valentines Day and Mothering Sund…
Imagining the Lectionary: Wild and unrelenting - see the true picture (Lent 1B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Wild and unrelenting - see the true picture (Lent 1B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Wild and unrelenting - see the true picture (Lent 1B) Reflection accompanying images “Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 1”, “Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 2”, and “Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 3” An experience both wild …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Paul's Reasons for Thanks
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Paul's Reasons for Thanks
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul’s Reasons for Thanks Philippians 1.1-11 . There is a wonderful old prayer attributed to the sixteenth century sailor Sir Francis Drake (1540–96).He prays that when God leads us to undertake any great piece of work, he will also remind us ‘that it is not the beginning, but th…
2 Corinthians - Boasting of Weaknesses
2 Corinthians - Boasting of Weaknesses
by SPCK - N T Wright
Boasting of Weaknesses 2 CORINTHIANS 11.21b-33 You can see the war memorial from the other side of the valley. It stands on the slope just below the main school buildings, a simple but elegant cloister of grey stone, containing the names of boys from the school who died in the gr…
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