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This Is For You (Avon Ohio)
This Is For You (Avon Ohio)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is suitable for use at any Communion service but particularly on Maundy Thursday. It is dedicated to the United Methodist Church congregation at Avon, Ohio, USA, from which the inspiration for it arose at a Maundy Thursday service. Here it is, now paired with the tune A…
Take,eat; this is my body
Take,eat; this is my body
by Rev David East
Original image 'Painting Remember Me' by Rev David East Image modified and text added by Twelvebaskets Ltd TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image pro…
Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb (hoarding)
Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb (hoarding)
by Colin Smith
This sketch is based on the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12:13-21. It highlights the danger of hoarding for the future. In the story this is achieved by building bigger and bigger barns. This interpretation shifts the context to modern times – but opens up the same kind of di…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 24 Food Offered to Idols
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 24 Food Offered to Idols
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Food Offered to Idols Freedom and Responsibility (A Final Word) The text of Paul’s final homily in this third essay is displayed in figure 3.6(1). Paul opened this essay with a discussion of food offered to idols, and following the pattern he established in the first two essays, …
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - BREAKFAST with JESUS
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - BREAKFAST with JESUS
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
BREAKFAST with JESUS Fishing was Peter’s idea but he has abandoned ship, leaving the others lurched over the side dragging the net in (21:8). When they come ashore, they find ‘a charcoal fire’. The use of anthrakia for the fire immediately recalls the high priest’s courtyard, whe…
Mark The People's Commentary - Disreputable company
Mark The People's Commentary - Disreputable company
by BRF - Dick France
A DEMONSTRATION in the TEMPLE Mark has carefully interwoven two themes here, as the scene shifts repeatedly between the temple and a fig tree on the Bethany road, thus: Verse 11, temple; verses 12–14, fig tree; verses 15–19, temple; verses 20–25, fig tree; verse 27, temple (which…
52 Reflections on Faith - Glorious Food: The Eucharist
52 Reflections on Faith - Glorious Food: The Eucharist
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Glorious food: The Eucharist Whenever I think of food, I think of the well-known song from the musical Oliver: ‘Food, glorious food’. It conjures up images of exotic banquets and unlimited eating. I also think of the saying ‘You are what you eat’. It’s true that whatever we put i…
friends, FOES and families - He called her forward: four women who met Jesus
friends, FOES and families - He called her forward: four women who met Jesus
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
He called her forward: Four women who met Jesus Luke 13; John 4; Luke 7, Matthew 15 Though I am an outsider, I am included, though I am sinful, I am accepted, though I am sick, I am healed. Though I am a nameless stranger God recognizes me...
Journeying with Luke - Ordinary Time 2