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Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Palm Sunday Isaiah 50.4–9a Philippians 2.5–11 Mark 14.1—15.47 It is as though there are any number of parallel stories in Mark’s account of the trial and death of Jesus. The characters in each story are largely unaware of the others, though they may interact with each other to so…
Denial, Betrayal and a New Commandment
Denial, Betrayal and a New Commandment
by Dave Hopwood
It Started with a Kiss… Bible Ref: Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; John 13-18 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 linki…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - From GARDEN to COURTYARD
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - From GARDEN to COURTYARD
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
From GARDEN to COURTYARD When Jesus warned the disciples after washing their feet that they could not follow where he was going, Peter offered to lay down his life for Jesus (13:37). Despite Jesus’ warning that he was more likely to deny him and everything in the Farewell Discour…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LOVE ONE ANOTHER
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LOVE ONE ANOTHER
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
LOVE ONE ANOTHER When Judas has ‘gone out’ to begin the events leading to Jesus’ arrest and death, Jesus starts talking to his disciples. This introduces several themes which will recur through the Farewell Discourse of chapters 14—17…
Reflection: What happens when
Reflection: What happens when
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: What happens when...? When, through our greed, the earth’s natural resources are exhausted, are we so arrogant as to expect that our human brains will have solved the problems of energy, water and food supplies in a way that is totally sustainable? When, through our s…
Hymn - God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome
Hymn - God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome
by Andrew Pratt
God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome, the rich or the poor, yes, the free and the slave. The depth of God's loving is boundless, impartial, a love that is stronger than death or the grave. The message had spread from the very beginning, the love that they nailed to t…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities It is in this situation that the warning is sounded. Revelation is not astrology: it is not foretelling particular events, the catastrophes which might attend climate change. What it does do, however, is prompt us to thought…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda