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JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The DEATH of the KING
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The DEATH of the KING
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
The DEATH of the KING The Romans would usually leave a crucified body hanging on the cross to be picked clean by animals and birds, as a warning to others, like the old gibbets for hanged highwaymen at cross-roads. According to John, it is the Day of Preparation for the Passover,…
Psalms for Everyone - They're Trying to Wash Us Away
Psalms for Everyone - They're Trying to Wash Us Away
by SPCK - John Goldingay
They’re Trying to Wash Us Away Psalm 31 Last night we went to a concert by the great honky-tonk/blues singer Marcia Ball, who grew up in Louisiana. Her closing song was Randy Newman’s unbearably moving “Louisiana.” The song describes how the Mississippi River rose all day and all…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 147:3
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 147:3
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 147:3 God’s healing is both spiritual and physical. We can pray for God to heal both the broken heart and the broken body. The health that comes to our broken bodies through modern medicine is by comparison with the age of the psalms and the time of Jesus nothing short of m…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Not so Naïve, now John 13: 31-35 I told Jesus I loved him. I said I would follow him wherever he went. I even said I was prepared to die for him. ‘Die for me?’ he said, ‘Before the cock crows you’ll have denied even knowing me!’... Created…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 86:11-12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 86:11-12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 86:11-12 The prayer to ‘knit my heart unto thee’ is as poetic as it is profound. Weaving the sinews of our will into the will of God echoes the prayer of Jesus as he faced the cross: ‘Not what I want but what you want’ (Matthew 26.39b nrsv). His example shows us that it is …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 26:1-2
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 26:1-2
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 26:1-2 Enough of sin! Here is the portrait of a blameless believer, someone who in all honesty before God cannot point to any wilful act of disobedience. And yet. Even with a conscience clear before God this plaintiff appears to plead with the Judge of all to examine him fo…
Meditation - 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A Tomorrow is taken care of Matthew 6: 24-34 Lord I’m a worrier, so your words today really challenged me. You called me to follow you and I left everything and followed you. You said today I couldn’t serve two masters, and I was comf…
GOD's rich Pattern - Where was God?
GOD's rich Pattern - Where was God?
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Where was God? I couldn’t pray, I could only cry out in anguish. Why Lord? Why did you allow this to happen? I had, I felt, experienced my own personal Calvary a number of times in my life, and now I was having more problems heaped upon me. So many of us feel that we are not stro…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 31:27
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 31:27
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 31:27 Jesus, of all people, knew the human heart. He knew how fickle the heart could be. He could see what flowed from it and knew what it was capable of, both good and bad. I don’t think any human being would dissent from that assessment. The heart is like a rudderless bo…
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C A Justified Sinner Luke 18: 9-14 Jesus became frustrated soon after we arrived in Jericho, with the self-confident and self-righteous people he was meeting. Finally it all came to a head, and Jesus started telling one of his stories;…
Journeying with Luke - Passion - Holy Week