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I own the sheep
I own the sheep
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/monologue: I own the sheep! How dare they leave my sheep like that? And in the middle of the night, just at the time when all the wild animals are on the prowl and the sheep need most protection! That’s what I pay them for, isn’t it? That’s why they’re out there in the fiel…
Dogs and crumbs
Dogs and crumbs
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: Dogs and crumbs Proper 15 year A Matthew 15: 21-28 Oh yes, my daughter’s well now, thank you. She’s never looked back since she was cured by that Jewish healer. I know! It was very strange wasn’t it? I mean, to see him there and to know that we’d heard so much about hi…
Old folks
Old folks
by Marjorie Dobson
The Presentation of the Lord / Candlemas Luke 2:22-40 Monologue: Old folks! Have you heard the latest about that batty old Anna? You know - that old woman who thinks she’s a prophetess. Wanders round the Temple all day, praying all over the place. Eighty-four if she’s a day! Don’…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 14 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 14 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 14 John 6: 35, 41-51 Gaze on Jesus trying to reason with the crowd. See how very human this story is, how the crowd’s mood swings from worship and surprise to doubt and grumbling so quickly. Listen to the ripples of argument and the shocked whispers, for this man’s claims …
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Mark 1.21-28 Gaze on a classroom, when a new teacher arrives. The pupils are nervous but so is the teacher. It will only be a few moments before it is clear where the power lies. Can the teacher hold the attention of the class, or will the children…
The Pastoral Letters - Beware of False Teaching!
The Pastoral Letters - Beware of False Teaching!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Beware of False Teaching! 1Timothy 4.1-5 Jane grew up in a family which was always playing games. Outdoor games, whenever possible; but if the weather was bad, and especially on long winter evenings, the children would curl up around the fire and play – well, you name it: Scrabbl…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - In Praise of Jesus Christ
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - In Praise of Jesus Christ
by SPCK - N T Wright
In Praise of Jesus Christ Colossians 1.15-20 I flicked the switch to turn on the television. I didn’t know what the programme would be; I was tired at the end of a long day and just wanted to relax for a few minutes. The sound came on a little before the picture appeared. A voice…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Double "Law" and the Miserable "I"
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Double "Law" and the Miserable "I"
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Double “Law” and the Miserable “I” ROMANS 7.21-25 When you do a complicated mathematical sum, you end up by drawing a line across the page and displaying the result, or, if you like, your ‘findings’. The same thing happens after a lengthy judicial review of some complex quest…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 1st Kings 21:1-10, 15-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 When God, through Jesus, offered grace to sinful people, he was not saying that sin was of no consequence. It is; it cost the life of a sinless saviour. No one who…
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1 Samuel 15: 34-16: 13 Psalm 20 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10, 14-17 Mark 4: 26-34 Just as when a man plants seed and does not understand how it grows (Mark 4 v 27), and just as a tiny mustard seed grows to a plant almost like a tree (Mark 4…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Easter - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Easter - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C Acts 9:1-6 Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-9 God is great at reversals; he can change disaster into rejoicing, mourning into gladness, death into life. Many of the Old Testament stories tell of eleventh-hour escapes, or of impossibl…
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 5th Sunday in Lent Year C Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3;4b-14 John 12:1-8 Jesus anointed for burial by Mary Our God makes impossible things happen; this is the message of the lectionary readings for today. For the nation of Judah in captivity in Babylon, Go…
LWPT Meditations - Sunday Before Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sunday Before Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sunday Before Advent Yr C Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 I once saw a drama in church in which two angels were waiting in heaven for the first person to benefit from Christ’s sacrifice. The crucifixion was taking place, and the angels …
Beware of what you think or say
Beware of what you think or say
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Beware of what you think or say Proper 15 year A Matthew 15: 21-28 Beware of what you think or say, our actions give the lie, or offer evidence of faith for which we sing, or cry. When challenged by a foreigner, a woman in her need, see Jesus shamed to change and act, her c…
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