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Unity Tree
Unity Tree
by Richard Harris
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…
From many different continents
From many different continents
by Andrew Pratt
From many different continents, at one in heart and mind, an infinite variety, drawn from all humankind. We worship in each native tongue. The rhythms of our song, reflect the context where we live, and yet we all belong. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: CONTEMPLATION (Ouseley) Metre: CM …
If all the world could live as if
If all the world could live as if
by Andrew Pratt
If all the world could live as if the love of God was in each heart. If every one in every place became as one, they could not part. A vast community of love would come to being on the earth, while everyone of every creed would value one another's worth. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: B…
clouds and glory - Proper 17 - Year A
clouds and glory - Proper 17 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 17 Year A Sunday between 28 August and 3 September inclusive Lord, as you love us, help us to love one another. Give to your church a burning zeal and keep us ardent in our spirits. May we ever rejoice in the hope that you have set before us; through Christ our living Lord…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 1.6–14 1 Peter 4.12–14; 5.6–11 John 17.1–11 Poor disciples. What they have been through over the last few weeks! What wild swings of emotion they have had to deal with. First of all the horrors of Good Friday, with the anguish they felt …
Poem: The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
Poem: The wisdom of women: discernment of thought
by Andrew Pratt
The wisdom of women: discernment of thought, with love's intuition that cannot be bought; how long will we limit these God given gifts while fudging church unity, fearful of rifts? All people are worthy and all have a place, all people are gifted with God-given grace, yet barrier…
Lectio Divina - Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today?
Lectio Divina - Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today?
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today? I have spoken about Origen at some length because he is the classic representative of a tradition of interpretation that ‘was the formula for Christian biblical exegesis as it was practised without interruption until the sixtee…
Great Christian Thinkers - 2 St. Ignatius of Antioch
Great Christian Thinkers - 2 St. Ignatius of Antioch
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Ignatius of Antioch Saint Ignatius was the third bishop of Antioch, from 70 to 107, the date of his martyrdom. At that time, Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch were the three great metropolises of the Roman Empire… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Great Christian Thinkers - 52 William of Saint-Thierry
Great Christian Thinkers - 52 William of Saint-Thierry
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
William of Saint-Thierry The biographer of Bernard of Clairveaux, and a friend who esteemed him, was William of Saint-Thierry, on whom I reflect in this chapter… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Great Christian Thinkers - 68 St. Bridget of Sweden