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Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
EASTER SATURDAY Matthew 22.34 – 40 ‘So what’s your all-time favourite song, then?’I listened as John put his friend on the spot. They had been discussing music of various sorts and styles. This was a way of getting to the heart of the matter. ‘Let me play safe,’ the friend rep…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Easter Day Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Easter Day Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Easter Day- Year A Jeremiah 31.1–6 Colossians 3.1–4 John 20.1–18 Again you shall plant vineyards; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit. Jeremiah echoes Deuteronomy’s promise of covenant renewal, and points forward to John’s Easter garden. Mary was on the right trac…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
ASTER MONDAY Matthew 28.11–15 One of the things people have often said about the early Christians’ belief in Jesus’ resurrection is that they were obviously so devastated by the failure of their dreams and hopes that they found a way of saying it was all right after all. A grand-…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 7.55–60 1 Peter 2.2–10 John 14.1–14 What are we Christians supposed to feel about the world we live in? All three of today’s readings suggest that, at the very least, the world is not our home. Stephen dies as though death is irrelevant, w…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday Holy Week Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday Holy Week Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
HOLY WEEK: HOLY SATURDAY Matthew 27.57– 66 They tried to keep Jesus safely dead then, and they try it still today. Again and again, when the newspapers or the radio stations want to talk about God, they ignore Jesus. We hear experts proclaiming that science has disproved God – wi…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 17.22–31 1 Peter 3.13–22 John 14.15–21 It is hard to tell if Paul’s famous speech at the Areopagus is a triumph or a disaster of evangelism. He has done his preparation well – one of the basic rules of preaching. He has walked around the c…
The Things He Said - The Things He Said - Discussion Questions
The Things He Said - The Things He Said - Discussion Questions
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
The Things He Said - Discussion questions If this book is being used by groups during Lent then the following questions might be useful discussion starters. I am suggesting a way of reading the book and discussing it over five sessions... Taken from The Things He Said by Stephen …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Easter Day - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Easter Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Easter (Easter Day) Acts 10. 34-43 or Jeremiah 31. 1-6: Psalm. 118. [1-2]14-24 : Colossians 3.1-4 or Acts 10. 34-43 : John 20. 1-18 or Matthew 28. 1-10 Alleluia to our God, praise and thanksgiving for life and life eternal. Alleluia to our Lord Jesus Christ, conqueror of death an…
The Things He Carried - 1. The Cross
The Things He Carried - 1. The Cross
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
THE THINGS HE CARRIED 1. The Cross He carried a large wooden beam – one half of a cross. They handed it to him like it was nothing. Like it could be thrown away; like they were going to throw him away, this thing of terrible beauty. He held the rough wood in his hands; gripped it…
Reflections for Holy Week - Bowl and Towel