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Poem: Asking questions
Poem: Asking questions
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Asking questions When the crowd of followers asked John, ‘what should we do?’ they knew the answer before he gave it. ‘Caring means sharing, not keeping everything as personal property. Give some of it away.’ When the tax collectors asked John, ‘what should we do?’ they als…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 20: 1-16 The parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20 v 1-16) addresses a very common and understandable human reaction to the gospel; it is not fair. What was going on in this vineyard was certainly unfair. Some me…
Monologue/Reflection: Naboth’s vineyard and temptation
Monologue/Reflection: Naboth’s vineyard and temptation
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Naboth’s vineyard and temptation Tempting when we want something. What the temptation is depends, I suppose, on what we’d like to get our hands on. For Ahab a vineyard was enough to make him happy, sufficient to accept the spoils of murder. Naboth dead, Jeze…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Living as Women in a Man's World
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Living as Women in a Man's World
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Living as Women in a Man’s World JOSHUA 15:1- 17:11 I was talking to a student who was disillusioned with her denomination because of its attitude toward women’s ministry. Women had played a key ministerial role in the movement that issued in the denomination, but the denominatio…
Job for Everyone - The Way I Have Walked (II)
Job for Everyone - The Way I Have Walked (II)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Way I Have Walked (II) Job 31 13-23 On Sunday we had a meeting to discuss our church’s ministry to homeless people; many live in our area, and we are next door to a community center. They know that Sunday morning is an obvious time to drop by to see if we have food, and we tr…
Drama - Class DM101
Drama - Class DM101
by Kit Walkham
Class DM101, by Kit Walkham Explores John Wesley’s teaching on money, “Gain all you can, save all you can and give all you can”, with a nod to the Screwtape Letters. Four characters Male or Female. Cast: Dr Despair Demon tutor Slubbert Lazy student demon Bragalot Clever student d…
Hymn: A handsome lad, but who would choose
Hymn: A handsome lad, but who would choose
by Andrew Pratt
A handsome lad, but who would choose the shepherd of the sheep, away at work up in the hills, might even be asleep? But Samuel asked, and Jesse called, and David came back home. A King, he hardly looked the part, more one who'd like to roam. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: BARCHESTER FAI…
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Jerusalem’s Fall and Future