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The Women's Bible Commentary - Hagar: Mothering a Hero
The Women's Bible Commentary - Hagar: Mothering a Hero
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Hagar: Mothering a Hero The story of Hagar leads to a wider discussion of the major themes of this study: the barrenness of the patriarch’s wives, the annunciation scenes, and the wives’ positions as mother of the patriarch of the next generation…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection and Ethics In each of the four previous essays Paul placed his theological teachings in the centre of the essay and positioned the ethical problem under discussion on the outside, around that centre. For example, in the first essay the ethical problem was the Corinth…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 12. I give up
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 12. I give up
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 12. I give up Luke 10.33b–35 For most of us, there comes a time when we cannot look after our loved ones appropriately or safely on our own at home. For some of us, our own health breaks down, and help is crucial. Bringing in a paid carer …
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 22. Rags, and losing them
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 22. Rags, and losing them
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 22. Rags, and losing them Ephesians 4.26a I like to think of myself as basically an okay person – and I’m sure that you are much better than okay! But one of the things I dislike most about being a carer is that it shows me up to myself …
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 3. Danger! Unexploded bomb!
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 3. Danger! Unexploded bomb!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 3 Danger! Unexploded bomb! Romans 8.16, GNB What’s your flammability score? You’re probably just like me: I work, as full-time as I can, as a writer. I am my husband’s fulltime carer. And I also look after the house. And the garden. And …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The environment and the development agenda So now, back to our text (Rev. 8.6 –12): Four angels, one after the other, blow their trumpets and destruction falls on the earth (v. 7), the sea (v. 8), the rivers (v. 10) and heaven/the sky (v. 12). One-third of all life is affected, b…
glimpses of glory - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
glimpses of glory - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) Almighty god, we give thanks for your great love towards us and the whole world, love revealed in our Lord, Jesus Christ, who by his death destroyed death, and who for us has opened the gates of glory. We pray that, sharing in the fel…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 38. Valley walking
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 38. Valley walking
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 38. Valley walking Psalm 23.4 I’d been feeling really down for days. Even though he seemed not too bad. Then I realized that what I was doing was grieving. Dementia takes your loved one away from you as truly as divorce or death. The onl…
How God Became King - 4e John: Creation and New Creation