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Reflection on John 17: 1-11
Reflection on John 17: 1-11
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on John 17: 1-11 Ascension John 17: 1-11 Facing the biggest crisis of his life, with friends ready to betray him and enemies waiting to execute him, Jesus still took time to pray. Though he anticipated death, he believed that God’s glory would be shown as death was d…
Awake again within the love
Awake again within the love
by Andrew Pratt
Advent hymn taken form Nothing too religious Awake again within the love that lit the stars, that formed the earth, that ransomed captive Israel that met us in Messiah's birth:... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. P…
The Thankful Leper
The Thankful Leper
by Roger Price
This is a solo voice reflective piece written from the point of view of the single leper from the group of ten which Jesus healed who returned to thank him. This is described in Luke chaper 17, verses 11 to 19. It is one of a number of similar pieces that I have written and colle…
Meeting God in Paul - 3 The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe
Meeting God in Paul - 3 The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe Let’s begin with that deceptively simple phrase ‘the image of God’ – because in trying to understand how, for Paul, the whole universe is reorganized around the figure of Jesus, this idea is central…
Meeting God in Paul - 3c Living in the new creation
Meeting God in Paul - 3c Living in the new creation
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
Living in the new creation In 2 Corinthians 5.17, Paul says that to be baptized in commitment to Jesus is to become or to be involved in a ‘new creation’. Everything is beginning again because the real universe (as distinct from the fantasy world of our fear, selfishness, greed, …
the historical character of Jesus - 2b The ‘earthly Jesus’ as character in Acts