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Over mountains, through the valleys
Over mountains, through the valleys
by Andrew Pratt
Over mountains, through the valleys let the voice of God be heard, singing, crying in a language often vivid or absurd. God translate your message for us, so that we might understand all your heights of grace and glory, as we worship hand in hand. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: CROSS OF…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 11 Moses
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 11 Moses
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Chapter 11 Moses The wind whistles and rattles across the plain. Harsh and unforgiving, it scours the land, and few things grow. You hear it, and you don’t hear it. It is here, and it is gone. There is a dread chill in the air. Eventually it gets inside you. Then one day the cold…
Are we naked stark and child like
Are we naked stark and child like
by Andrew Pratt
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Year A 1 Corinthians 3: 1 - 9 Hymn: Are we naked, stark and child-like Are we naked, stark and child-like, needing milk, while seeking meat, young disciples lacking knowledge, not yet weaned, not yet complete... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stain…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Epiphany - Year A Isaiah 49.1–7 1 Corinthians 1.1–9 John 1.29–42 To be called by God is a thing of joy and terror, in about equal measures. The Corinthians are largely experiencing the excitement, at present, but their walk of discipleship will certainly lead…
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture Hear the echoes of the scripture in the parting of the waters, see Elijah in the whirlwind, see Elisha, looking, waiting. See Elisha take the mantle, see Elisha strike the water, faith and action moving forward, faith is passed from hand to …
The brightest light that dazzles by its power
The brightest light that dazzles by its power
by Andrew Pratt
The brightest light that dazzles by its power is not as great as Christ met in this hour. Within this glory see him pause and stand, as beams illuminate both sea and land. At one with God and God at one with him, this mystic love makes senses skip and swim, too much, it seems, fo…
Why put our faith in transient things
Why put our faith in transient things
by Andrew Pratt
Why put our faith in transient things Why put our faith in transient things, satanic mills of industry, the wealth that we accumulate, or even churches' history? The rites that we revere and praise, the hymns we sing, the prayers we pray, the actions we see as divine were human …
The Tower Builder and the Warring King
The Tower Builder and the Warring King
by Dave Hopwood
Money, Money, Money Bible Ref: Luke 13-17 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 linking text as well as the characters …
Isaiah for everyone - The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut
Isaiah for everyone - The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Man Who Kept His Mouth Shut I just came across a comment someone made when my first wife died five years ago. “We are forever grateful that she paid the price of her discipleship.” She “stands tall” among people who have “worked for our comfort and edification . . . Her direc…
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