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Leftovers
Leftovers
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/character piece - Leftovers Proper 13 year A Matthew 14: 13 – 21 What I want to know is what are they going to do with all those leftovers? Twelve baskets, they said they had. Twelve baskets! Considering that when they all sat down in the first place, they claimed there…
Imagining the Lectionary: Transfiguring Vision (Sunday before Lent B - Transfiguration Sunday)
Imagining the Lectionary: Transfiguring Vision (Sunday before Lent B - Transfiguration Sunday)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Transfiguring Vision (Sunday before Lent B - Transfiguration Sunday) Reflection accompanying image “Ethereal willow tree in winter mist” On a bitterly cold afternoon freezing mist is vying with the fading winter sunshine for mastery of the snowy landsc…
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word Second Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 49: 1 – 7; John 1: 29 – 42 A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word, an arc-light to shine through the crass or absurd. The prophet had spoken of just such a voice, embodied in Jo…
A time to reconsider
A time to reconsider
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany 3 year A Isaiah 9: 1 - 4; Matthew 4: 12 – 23 Hymn: A time to reconsider A time to reconsider, to pause, to reassess; when crisis comes with challenge, how can God come to bless? And yet a light is shining, we cannot understand that at this time of turning God sharpens wh…
All the praying, all the pounding
All the praying, all the pounding
by Andrew Pratt
All the praying, all the pounding, all the crying at God’s door cannot make God more attentive, cannot make God love us more. Here through our persistent waiting we will find a present grace, grace for patient expectation, till we meet God face to face. Verses 3-5 follow 8.7.8.7 …
Jesus met supreme temptation