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LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1st Kings 8: 22-30, 41-43 Psalm 84 Ephesians 6: 10-20 John 6: 56-69 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6 v 68). Those words, spoken almost in desperation by the apostle Peter, are just as relevant f…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Second Sunday of Advent Year C Malachi 3: 1-4 Luke 1: 68-79 Philippians 1: 3-11 Luke 3: 1-6 “Once upon a time, in a far away land, there lived a king and queen”. That is how fairy stories begin – no dates, no location, no names; nothing by which the story can be prov…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 John 1: 43-51 There are some very exciting words spoken by Philip in today’s gospel passage; “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the so…
LWPT Meditations - Ascension Day - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Ascension Day - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Ascension Day Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 give you the spirit Luke 24:44-53 Luke tells us twice about the Ascension, when Jesus returned to heaven to be with the Father. In his gospel, the Ascension account rounds off the entire story of Jesus’ earthly lif…
LWPT Meditations - Sunday before Lent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sunday before Lent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sunday before Lent Year C Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2nd Corinthians 3:12- 4:2 Luke 9:28-36 In the children’s story “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by CS Lewis, the point is made early on in the account, that Aslan – the lion who represents the Lord Jesus – is “…
Crazy how the world can splinter
Crazy how the world can splinter
by Andrew Pratt
Crazy how the world can splinter, everything comes crashing down, lives are broken, hopes are shattered, life is like a tarnished crown. Verses 2-3 follows Tune: DIJON; ALL FOR JESUS Metre:8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 14/8/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, w…
Hymn: Father of Jesse and father of David
Hymn: Father of Jesse and father of David
by Andrew Pratt
Father of Jesse and father of David, born of a foreigner here in their midst: Ruth would nurse Obed, then comfort and nurture. Boaz brought safety it seemed she had missed. Now as we listen we re-tell this story, try to untangle the mystery and worth, one thing is certain: a love…
Hymn: He stood with scarred and open hands
Hymn: He stood with scarred and open hands
by Andrew Pratt
He stood with scarred and open hands, their bloodied, but now risen, Lord, incomprehension met his words, their fear had tightened like a cord. His word of peace rang in their ears, yet they could hardly understand. Bemused, unsettled, disbelief meant that the fear they felt was …
Like a mother calms a baby
Like a mother calms a baby
by Andrew Pratt
Like a mother calms a baby, gently held within her arms, God will hold his chosen people, keep them safe from life's alarms. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/6/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Pl…
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter I suppose no one knew quite what to say. Days had passed. At the height of the festival Jesus had been tried and executed. For the crowds that was becoming a memory. Many folk were returning home. Clouds of dust swirled around the…
2 Corinthians - God Loves a Cheerful Giver
2 Corinthians - God Loves a Cheerful Giver
by SPCK - N T Wright
God Loves a Cheerful Giver 2 CORINTHIANS 9.6-15 Imagine trying to pack an umbrella into a cardboard tube. If you try putting the handle in first it will be difficult. Even if the handle is straight, you will find that the metal tips of the umbrella’s struts get caught on the edge…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 8 2 Kings 2.1–14 Galatians 5.1, 13–25 Luke 9.51–end ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead.’ One of Jesus’ starkest commands, this flies in the face of the sacred Jewish obligation to attend to the burial of one’s father ahead of all other duties, even saying one’s daily praye…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Coming of Jesus
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Coming of Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Coming of Jesus 2 Thessalonians 1.7b-12 Shortly before Christmas 1988, a Pan Am jumbo jet, en route from London to the United States, exploded in mid-air over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. All those on board were killed, as were several on the ground where the flaming…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Coming of the Son of Man
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Coming of the Son of Man Matthew 24.29-35 A friend of mine is a composer. (It’s something I would like to have been myself, had things worked out differently, so I take a particular interest in what he does.) I watched one day as he worked on a particular piece he was writing…
2 Corinthians - The Smell of Life, The Smell of Death