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Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Order out of chaos Luke 8: 26-39 So many demands on my time, so many people expecting so much of me… Life had just got too much, Lord. I was trying to be so many people all at the same time: husband – to my loyal wife, father – to my
Reflection: ‘We want a king.’
Reflection: ‘We want a king.’
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: ‘We want a king.’ How many times a day do you think God shakes his head and wonders what on earth is going on in our minds? The number of times he tries to gently advise us on the best course of action and the number of times we totally ignore that advice and go on ou
Prayer: God who calls us to pray
Prayer: God who calls us to pray
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God who calls us to pray God who calls us to pray and work for others, we recognize that there are so many different ways in which we can fulfil that calling. We also know that there are so many people who need help and need prayer. The demands are constant. The needs are
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Better with Abraham and Sarah than in Egypt
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Better with Abraham and Sarah than in Egypt
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Better with Abraham and Sarah than in Egypt Genesis 16: 8-16 Toward the last years of my time as a seminary principal in England, the demands of the job took a toll on me. One reason you get paid more if you are the boss of anything is that you are the person who lies awake at ni
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Christ the King Luke 23: 33-43 Gaze on the two other men, hanging on their crosses. Though we know nothing about their crimes, we may picture them as nasty, brutish men, surly, dirty and dishevelled even before this execution. Were they violent men who had spent a lifetime harmin
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Miriam the Prophet, Aaron the Priest, Moses the Teacher
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Miriam the Prophet, Aaron the Priest, Moses the Teacher
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Miriam the Prophet, Aaron the Priest, Moses the Teacher NUMBERS 12: 1-15 The movie Live and Become is the story of a boy among the Ethiopian Falasha Jews airlifted to Israel at the time of the Marxist revolution in the 1980s. Except that Schlomo (Solomon) is not a Jew but a Chris
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 8 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 8 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 8 Jeremiah 28.5–9 Romans 6.12–23 Matthew 10.40–42 Ours is an age with a great deal of interest in ‘spirituality’. We have rediscovered that ‘spirituality’ is good for us and, like exercise and a low-fat diet, we pursue it, but
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