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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Nightmares and Dreams (1) A student of mine from southern Africa once gave me an account of aspects of her life at home. In homestead life in her grandparents’ day, her grandfather had eleven wives; each had six to ten children. His wives’ huts stood in a half-moon, his in the ce…
Psalms for Everyone - The Mystery of Sin
Psalms for Everyone - The Mystery of Sin
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Mystery of Sin Psalm 19 One of the Christians I know who have had affairs had three such relationships and got away with two without anyone knowing. Then some people discovered about the third (I don’t know what his wife might have suspected), which was how he came to be talk…
Psalms for Everyone - I Am Going to Die
Psalms for Everyone - I Am Going to Die
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Am Going to Die Psalm 39 I didn’t think much about dying until my grandson was born, and then the thought came to me that I could die now; I had done my job for the human race’s future by fathering a son who had himself fathered a son. I thought about it again three or four yea…
Galatians 5:22
Galatians 5:22
by BigBible
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…
Reflection: Royalty
Reflection: Royalty
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 99 Reflection: Royalty In our so-called civilised world, evil leaders rule with cruelty, violence and a total disregard for the welfare of their people. Other, manipulative people prefer to be the power behind their leader’s throne and use cunning, political scheming, bribe…
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy It isn’t always easy to wait quietly and patiently for God to work and to bring hope back into our lives. We are impatient by nature. We want to get things done quickly and resolve problems as soon as possible. We say, let trouble take its co…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Honey, We Solved the Riddle
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Honey, We Solved the Riddle
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Honey, We Solved the Riddle JUDGES 14:1- 15:20 Only trivial things went wrong at our wedding. Admittedly, for Ann and me it was a narrow escape. At one stage her father said he would not come; that was the degree to which he disapproved of me. I had long hair, like Samson (being …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 22 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 22 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 22 Lamentations 1.1–6 2 Timothy 1.1–14 Luke 17.5–10 Paul, in prison, writes about power. Dangerous stuff, we say – tends to corrupt, and all that. Paul’s setting, and the work that got him there, guards him from misunderstanding. Tyrants speak of God’s power to validate th…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 17.22–31 1 Peter 3.13–22 John 14.15–21 It is hard to tell if Paul’s famous speech at the Areopagus is a triumph or a disaster of evangelism. He has done his preparation well – one of the basic rules of preaching. He has walked around the c…
glimpses of glory - Proper 8 - Year C
glimpses of glory - Proper 8 - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 8 Spirit of the living God, come fill us, That we may live in joy and peace, And that our lives may show the gifts of patience, kindness and generosity; That we may live in faithfulness, gentleness and self-control through your power working within us…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - The Secret of Life Is...