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Let us thank God
Let us thank God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Let us thank God Let us thank God for those who led us to our own faith by their words, prayers and example. Let us thank God for the faith of those people who have supported and encouraged us when life has not been easy. Let us thank God for those who were ready to help …
Poem: Children of God
Poem: Children of God
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Children of God The Law was a protection for the Jews. Stay within it, where all is regulated and secure, and nothing could harm them. Children they were, but children of the Law, bound by its restrictions and ever-expanding trivialities. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Confession
Prayer: Confession
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Confession It seems so unrealistic to talk of not knowing about sin and never committing sin – and if we do, then we cannot know, or see, Jesus. How can that be possible, when we’re only human and we are told that Jesus is the only one without sin? Some contradiction ther…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On Keeping One’s Mouth Shut
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On Keeping One’s Mouth Shut
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Alternative to a Bulletproof Vest Psalm 140 Not surprisingly (I recently read in a magazine), the best place to buy a bulletproof vest is Bogotá, Colombia, where two students at the University of the Andes noticed that bodyguards didn’t wear their bulletproof vests because th…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I HAVE GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I HAVE GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
I HAVE GIVEN YOU an EXAMPLE Jesus has washed the disciples’ feet and returned to the table (13:12). From our experience of church services and the other gospels we expect the institution of the holy communion next—but it is completely missing. Instead, Jesus begins to explain thi…
Dramatic reading: What do you love?
Dramatic reading: What do you love?
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic reading: What do you love? (Two - or more - voices read the first six paragraphs alternately. The last paragraph is read by a third reader) I love chocolate. I could eat it for ever – a whole box at a time, when it’s available. But if I did eat as much as I want I’d be a…
Hymn-A towel and basin
Hymn-A towel and basin
by Marjorie Dobson
A towel and a basin? This caused them great unease. Their Master, now a servant? The Christ upon his knees? In washing feet made dirty out on the city street, he showed the power of action where love and duty meet. Verses 2-3 follow ©Marjorie Dobson Tune: SALLEY GARDENS or BENTLE…
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
All Saints’ Day Year A Sunday between 30 October and 5 November Glory to you, O Lord, from the whole company of heaven, from the saints in glory, from your people on earth. Father, we give you thanks that in the darkness of this world your saints shine. May we, with them, have a …
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Who is the Greatest?
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Who is the Greatest?
by BRF - Dick France
Who is the Greatest? Lines of authority In a newly formed group of colleagues with an important task, it is natural to want to clarify the lines of authority. So far, of course, Jesus has been the focal authority of the group, but if they are going to lose him it will surely be v…
Lectio Divina - The room and the keys
Lectio Divina - The room and the keys
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
The room and the keys The Hebrew has passed on a beautiful tradition to us; it has to do with divine Scripture in its entirety. According to this man, all of divinely inspired Scripture, because of the obscurity that is in it, can be compared to many locked rooms in a house. Next…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST The next scene gives us a glimpse of the ministry of Jesus and his disciples baptizing, in much the same way as John the Baptist and his followers. It was a good job there was ‘much water there’!…
Hymn - God of unexpected action
Hymn - God of unexpected action
by Andrew Pratt
God of unexpected action kneeling with the towel and bowl, humbled for this time and season, humbling now and making whole. Jesus so revered, respected, prophet, preacher, even Lord, now is acting as a servant, doing things his friends abhorred. Verses 3-5 follow © Andrew Pratt 2…
Hymn: Held in the arms of God's love and compassion
Hymn: Held in the arms of God's love and compassion
by Andrew Pratt
Held in the arms of God's love and compassion, Jesus had kept them right up to the end, these his disciples, now named as Apostles, each of these strangers now counted as friend. Jesus had taught them by word and example, shared times of suffering, illness and grief. Spell-bound …
Mere Apologetics - 3b Apologetics and a Theological Vision of Reality