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A short address about inclusion and exclusion
A short address about inclusion and exclusion
by Rob Moore
This is a piece ripped directly from a sermon, but it's suitable for pretty much any form of address or worship. It worked well for me in an all age context. It uses the words "and" and "or" as illustrations of how you can quickly break down a big group into a little group or vic…
There are no limits to God's love
There are no limits to God's love
by Andrew Pratt
There are no limits to God's love, aside from those we put in place because of fear, or hate or greed, then justified by race or creed. The walls that we would seek to build, around our nations or our thoughts , the borders we patrol and police, are breached by God's own grace an…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Moses and Pharaoh
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Moses and Pharaoh
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Moses and Pharaoh As instructed, Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh and request time off to celebrate a festival to YHWH. Pharaoh refuses and increases the Israelites’ work load by no longer providing straw to make bricks…
Imagining the Lectionary: berry-bright promises (Advent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: berry-bright promises (Advent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Berry-bright promises (Advent 4A) Reflection accompanying image Red berries covered in frost God's promises are berry-bright with hope. So when life events freeze expectation and cruel circumstances chill to the bone, the promise-laded seeds of love han…
The Gospel According to twilight - Born Again
The Gospel According to twilight - Born Again
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Born Again Chapter 5 Vampire stories are all about forbidden fruit, which means they are about hunger, temptation, deceit, sin, and death. Twilight is thoroughly vampiric in this way. But as anyone who has read Genesis knows, sin doesn’t have the last word. Love wins the day. The…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Natural and Unnatural Acts
The Women's Bible Commentary - Natural and Unnatural Acts
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Natural and Unnatural Acts Within the context of his initial discussion of humanity’s rebellion against God, Paul refers to the “degrading passions”: “Women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, we…
Imagining the Lectionary: Sheepish (Christ the King/Reign of Christ A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Sheepish (Christ the King/Reign of Christ A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Sheepish (Christ the King/Reign of Christ A) Reflection accompanying images “I will find my sheep and rescue them” and “I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep” When it comes to getting the point across in a way that anyone can un…
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