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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - A Life of Love
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - A Life of Love
by SPCK - N T Wright
A Life of Love Thessalonians 4.9-12 ‘I don’t care too much for money,’ sang the Beatles (ironically, just as they were earning millions); ‘Money can’t buy me love.’ Now that is of course true. But ‘love’ is a strange word in most languages, and there are connections between love …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Male and Female in the Worshipping Church
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Male and Female in the Worshipping Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
Male and Female in the Worshipping Church 1 Corinthians 11.2-16 Many years ago I was lecturing as a guest in a college in the United States. After my lecture I was told that several of the students had been studying St Paul; would I be happy to answer questions about particular p…
LWPT Meditations - Easter Day - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Easter Day - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Easter Day Year C Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1st Corinthians 15:19-26 Luke 24:1-12 When Luke wrote his gospel, he had in mind that Jesus had been a man, living on this earth like any other human, and he wrote to make the good news available and accessible to …
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Remembrance Sunday Yr C Micah 4:1-8 Psalm 46 Revelation 22:1-5 Matthew 5:1-12 An army recruitment poster from a few decades ago read,“Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people”. A comedian added the words“... and kill them”. For decades, young people hav…
Hymn: A troubled soul, the Christ of God
Hymn: A troubled soul, the Christ of God
by Andrew Pratt
A troubled soul, the Christ of God, humanity exposed, with all the turmoil that we feel, when choices are proposed. The monumental choice he faced, the crisis must be met, to take the path of love to death, or turn away, forget. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ELLACOMBE Metre: DCM Andr…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - The Cloak and the Power of Elijah
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - The Cloak and the Power of Elijah
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Cloak and the Power of Elijah 2 Kings 2:1-3:3 I once had to change a flat tire by the Dead Sea. I jacked the car up and in the process of changing the tire or loosening or tightening the wheel nuts, I lay on the sandy but hard ground. It was summer and hot, and when I got up …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 13 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 13 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 13 Ecclesiastes 1.2, 12–14; 2.18–23 Colossians 3.1–11 Luke 12.13–21 Today’s three readings just are depressing, so brace yourselves. It’s partly because the image of the virtuous life that they present is so obviously unattainable, and partly because they seem to epitomize…
Lazarus is Raised from the Dead
Lazarus is Raised from the Dead
by Dave Hopwood
The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator …
The Resurrection and the Life
The Resurrection and the Life
by Dave Hopwood
The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator …
The Widow of Nain
The Widow of Nain
by Dave Hopwood
A Matter of Life and Death Bible Ref: Matthew 8,9,& 11 -13; Mark 3&4; Luke 7&8 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the …
Mark The People's Commentary - Jesus and John the Baptist