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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…
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: what do I hear and see? (Advent 3A) Reflection accompanying image Blocked off windows in Cotswolds house “Go and tell John what you hear and see” (Matthew 11:4) This is a house with history. The mellow Cotswold stone leaves no doubt as to what befell th…
Imagining the Lectionary: wholeheartedly faithful (Proper 24C / Ordinary 29C)
Imagining the Lectionary: wholeheartedly faithful (Proper 24C / Ordinary 29C)
by David Perry
Reflection based on Psalm 119 to go with the image "Statue in a whirl" or "Comedy and Tragedy" could also be used to illustrate the comedy and tragedy aspect, but you will need 'Statue in the Whirl' image when you you refer to it within the text.
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday point of view
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday point of view
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday point of view Reflection accompanying image “Good Friday Roman point of view” So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified hi…
Imagining the Lectionary: palms and passion
Imagining the Lectionary: palms and passion
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Palms and Passion Reflection accompanying images “O Jesus forsaken today” and “Jesus is crucified” Whichever way we look at it, the final phase of the Lenten journey towards Easter is the supreme test of our mettle as disciples. Do we continue alongsid…
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
by David Perry
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy week in Abstract Reflection accompanying image “Henry Moore upright motives monochrome” The first time that I saw this group of Henry Moore's 'Upright Motives' the picture of the three Good Friday crucifixions came instantly to mind. The very fa…
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: He has risen – explanation mark or question Reflection accompanying image “He has risen” What punctuation should we put around the Easter event Jesus dies; and in a breathtaking step-change of cognitive reframing his disciples come to grasp the eternal…
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Impassable, impossible or imperative - the improbable pathway to Easter and beyond Reflection accompanying image “Journey of faith in God” The imposing limestone cliffs of Water-cum-Jolly Dale in the Derbyshire Peak District and the prone-to-flooding…
Imagining the Lectionary: Good Friday - stop the hurt and break the cycles of despair