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Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B)
Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B) Reflection accompanying images “If you want to you can cleanse me” and “Hand reaching out to another” A leper came to him, begging on his knees, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." Deeply moved, Jesus put…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Third Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Third Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: TUESDAY Matthew 15.1–20; focused on 15.1– 9 Germs and Jesus!’ shouted the seven-year-old son of a friend of mine. ‘Germs and Jesus! You keep telling me they’re important and I can’t see either of them!’ A fascinating response to a pressing parental problem. We tell our…
Reflections for Holy Week - Bowl and Towel
Reflections for Holy Week - Bowl and Towel
by Michaela Youngson
Bowl and towel John 13.1-20 Ordinary, everyday, ready to be filled with water, a bowl lies waiting to fulfil its purpose and a towel laid over it waiting to comfort, to dry, to warm. They are not changed by their use, not worn out or broken or destroyed, soon they are washed, dri…
Eggs and Ashes Book - A Prayer on the Way to Jerusalem
Eggs and Ashes Book - A Prayer on the Way to Jerusalem
by R Burgess/C Polhill (Wild Goose Publ)
A prayer on the way to Jerusalem Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Those who have clean hands and pure hearts. O Living God, age after age the children of dust make their way to holy places to seek you, yet you are closer than hands or feet. In…
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Cleanses the Temple
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 11.12–25 Jesus Cleanses the Temple... ...What is the largest, most important building in your country? The one with the most historic meanings and associations? The one where famous people come, either to work or to visit? The one that stands for, and symbo…
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Tuesday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Tuesday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ORDINARY TIME - Tuesday Evening Prayer Blessed be God, holy and undivided Trinity, our hope, our refuge, and our advocate! God, our stronghold, our place of safety: you are our rock and our strength...
The Women's Bible Commentary - Sexualized Social Evil
The Women's Bible Commentary - Sexualized Social Evil
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Sexualized Social Evil Isaiah 3 continues to reflect on the corrupt elite of Jerusalem. Two groups are targeted. Verses 1–12 describe the removal of male leadership and the resulting chaos, while 3:16–4:1 describes the coming disgrace of wealthy women and of the city itself…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 22. Rags, and losing them
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 22. Rags, and losing them
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 22. Rags, and losing them Ephesians 4.26a I like to think of myself as basically an okay person – and I’m sure that you are much better than okay! But one of the things I dislike most about being a carer is that it shows me up to myself …
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