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Gazing on the Gospels year c - Easter Day Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Easter Day Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Easter Day Luke 24.1-12 Gaze on the early dawn. Each time we see it, it is as if we live through all the stages of creation again. First all is chaos and confusion, the stars are obscured by cloud and so is the moon. One moment nothing is visible, all is dark and we stumble about…
Poem: Strange witnesses
Poem: Strange witnesses
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Strange witnesses Strange witnesses to chose – who had been speaking of unbelievable stories, now imagining ghostly happenings, not believing their own eyes, Strange words Jesus chose – ‘Peace be with you,’ offered to frightened minds scared by his presence and looking for …
There we were, off up a mountain again
There we were, off up a mountain again
by Andrew Pratt
Dramatic monologue: There we were, off up a mountain again Ascension Acts 1: 1-11 There we were, off up a mountain again. My legs were aching. Not as young as I used to be. Near the summit, thank goodness, but I expect he could hear me moaning. He turned and faced us. Was it imag…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10.11-18 Gaze on the desolate mountains, the stony ground where sheep must scavenge for food, and the scant grass that only blazed in brief spring. Other dangers abounded, snakes lurked and wolves prowled and threatened the flocks and who was ther…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To The Only Wise God
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To The Only Wise God
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL TO THE ONLY WISE GOD Romans 16: 25-27 I watched as the children played in the swimming pool. The water was about four feet deep. Three of them stood side by side, with linked arms. Then they squatted down, with only their noses …
the historical character of Jesus - 7c Jesus in 2 Peter
the historical character of Jesus - 7c Jesus in 2 Peter
by SPCK - David Allen
Jesus in 2 Peter Whereas the first Petrine epistle laid significant emphasis on Jesus’ suffering, and especially on the suffering he endured in his death, 2 Peter pursues a somewhat different avenue in terms of its presentation of Jesus…
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 2)
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 2)
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
A Hymn for the Nameless (part 2) What, then, my fourth question asks, is the location and situation of Mark’s somewhat startling vision of Christian community. I imagine his gospel written among “the villages of Caesarea Philippi” (8:27) for refugees from the terrible destruction…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Passion Narrative
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Passion Narrative
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Passion Narrative Paralleling Mark 14:3–9 and John 12:1–8, Matthew 26:6–13 (cf. Luke 7:36–50) describes Jesus’ anointing. The action has a twofold meaning: Jesus equates it with the rituals accompanying burial (26:12) and so acknowledges women’s religious deed…
Father God whose face in Jesus
Father God whose face in Jesus
by Michael Docker
Father God whose face in Jesus Shows a love that saves and sees us, Holds and keeps and calls and frees us, For a crying world we pray When a man dies in a moment, When a world ends in the ferment Of dis-ease, despair and torment, For a hurting world we pray. When a family, churc…
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
by SPCK - David Allen
Indirect references Beyond the direct citation of Jesus material, which does still remain somewhat limited, there are a number of other places in which Paul may be drawing on and reflecting Jesus tradition. These allusions to, or echoes of, Jesus’ teaching are more subjective, an…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Restoring the Twelve
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Restoring the Twelve
by SPCK - N T Wright
Restoring the twelve Acts 1.15-26 The older I get, the more I dislike trying to follow the complicated instructions that come with new technology. I’m not what they call technophobic. On the desk where I am working there is a computer. It is linked to a cell phone which includes …
Meditation - Sunday before Lent Year A