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LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Amos 8:1-12 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 We have almost forgotten that Christianity is a radical phenomenon. In the UK – even in our present pluralistic society – Church and State are closely linked. On national occasions we are …
Psalms for Everyone - Another Interim Closing Act of Praise
Psalms for Everyone - Another Interim Closing Act of Praise
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Another Interim Closing Act of Praise Psalm 72: 18-20 As the last verse of Psalm 41 is actually the close of Book One of the Psalter, the closing verses of Psalm 72 are not part of this psalm but are an act of worship at the end of Book Two of the Psalter, a little like the “Glor…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Parent’s Preferential Love for Jacob
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Parent’s Preferential Love for Jacob
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Parent’s Preferential Love for Jacob The book of Malachi opens with the words “I have loved you.” However, this love is cast as a parent’s preference for one son at the expense of another: Jacob is loved, while Esau is an object of hatred…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Righteousness, morality and judgement
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Righteousness, morality and judgement
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Righteousness, morality and judgement Matthew’s Teacher is concerned about moral teaching; one of his key words (occurring seven times in Matthew, once in Luke, and never in Mark) is dikaiosune, justice or righteousness, with its adjective dikaios (fifteen times in Matthew; once …
Poem: Turning back
Poem: Turning back
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Turning back If repentance comes too late to be able to say, ‘sorry,’ then the guilt lies heavy and forgiveness appears impossible. So when realisation points to the lesson that the wrong choice was made and acted upon, it would be wise to reverse the process, turn around a…
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross I was too busy – it had been a horrendous week. By Friday I’m always exhausted. I had the shopping to do before everything shut for Sabbath. Everyone deserves a bit of time to themselves, don’t they? I did think ab…
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordianry Time Year C
Meditation - 29th Sunday in Ordianry Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Don’t get discouraged Luke 18: 1-8 It was one of those rare occasions without crowds; We were on our way to Jerusalem, gradually, And Jesus turned to us and started to tell us a story About a godless, contemptuous judge Who gave in t…
grayscale logo
grayscale logo
by joel toombs
Could be used as a logo for an event... or as a background or logo for a talk. Examples of themes it could illustrate are such as God's plan through history or the things God looks at/for - his omnipresence - or certain aspects of the father's view of the crucifixion/Jesus' life.…
LWPT Meditations - Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A