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Drama: People of Nazareth
Drama: People of Nazareth
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: People of Nazareth This can be performed by seven people – six reading a sentence from each section and one concluding with the Bible quotation, or any number that is available. I knew him when they first came here, when there were all those rumours about her being an unma…
Monday of Holy Week Service
Monday of Holy Week Service
by Marjorie Dobson
Monday of Holy Week - Complete Act of Worship (SLIGHTLY AMENDED VERSION OF THE TEXT ALREADY ON TWELVEBASKETS) John 12: 1-11, Mark 14: 1-9 Drama: The Woman and the Perfume The woman and the perfume (A complete order of service including hymns, meditation and some prayers written f…
eye logo
eye logo
by joel toombs
Could be used as a logo for an event... or as a background or logo for a talk. Examples of themes it could illustrate are such as God's plan through history or the things God looks at/for - his omnipresence - or certain aspects of the father's view of the crucifixion/Jesus' life.…
grayscale logo
grayscale logo
by joel toombs
Could be used as a logo for an event... or as a background or logo for a talk. Examples of themes it could illustrate are such as God's plan through history or the things God looks at/for - his omnipresence - or certain aspects of the father's view of the crucifixion/Jesus' life.…
Reflection/poem: Afterwards
Reflection/poem: Afterwards
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection / Poem: Afterwards Wait! This cannot be true. This is me, Mary. I’m only a girl. Not even married. You can’t have meant me. You were not real. I’m only dreaming. None of this has happened. And it won’t happen. I can’t be pregnant. Not now. I’m engaged, but not fully ma…
Ticking the boxes
Ticking the boxes
by Marjorie Dobson
Ticking the boxes (two characters. Interviewer (I) and respondent (R). Only props needed are clipboard and pen for the interviewer, who ticks boxes as the questions are answered.) I. Good morning. If you have a few minutes to spare, I’d like to ask you a few questions. We’re doin…
What would you do?
What would you do?
by Marjorie Dobson
Matthew 21: 23-32 Reflection / Drama – What would you do? If you were a pillar of the local community, or church, would you be very happy if some big, hairy, loud-mouthed bloke accused you of being incompetent, hypocritical, corrupt and lacking in all sense of responsibility? If …
The Pastoral Letters - God's Kingdom and Generosity - and Ours
The Pastoral Letters - God's Kingdom and Generosity - and Ours
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Kindness and Generosity – and Ours Titus 3.1-8a I went to a spectacular birthday party last weekend. Our host, who was turning 70, had laid on a lavish evening. Nothing had been spared to make his guests comfortable and happy. The food was terrific; the wine of the highest …
John for Everyone part 2 - My Kingdom Is Not From This World
John for Everyone part 2 - My Kingdom Is Not From This World
by SPCK - N T Wright
My Kingdom Is Not from This World John 18.33-40 The ancient world knew more about kings than we moderns do. Where kings and queens still exist today, they mostly live and work within a carefully constructed framework. They are not ‘absolute’ monarchs, but ‘constitutional’ ones. T…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Law and the Spirit
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Law and the Spirit
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Law and the Spirit Galatians 5.13-21 In the middle of Oxford University there stands a wonderful building, surrounded by well-kept grass. The building is a library, circular in shape, topped by a great dome. It is beautiful inside and out. People photograph it, paint it, admi…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Sower Explained Matthew 13.18-23 I stood still, puzzled. There was a high hedge to my right, and another one to my left. And now there was a third high hedge straight in front of me. The grass was flattened down in this small space. Clearly lots of other people…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Raising of Lazarus John 11.38-46 We saw a programme on the television last night about the fossilized remains of what looks like an ancient race of creatures. They seem to be like humans, but much taller. They appear to have been significantly different from any monkeys or ap…
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year C