Search Results
The Things He Said - Ch. 1 - Early Morning - Nothing
The Things He Said - Ch. 1 - Early Morning - Nothing
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
The Things He Said - Part One - Early Morning Chapter 1 Nothing These are the never-ending years of being dead. The long, dark hours of the night turning slowly, vanquishing the light, the heavy blanket of the blackest hour shrouding the land, obliterating every detail. Silence. …
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A) Reflection accompanying image “Hope does not disappoint us” The catkins on this willow open out before ever a new leaf begins to unfurl from its bud. Like so many other plants at this time of year, for this tree the …
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: TUESDAY Matthew 20; focused on 20.1–16 The game was nearly over, and neither side had scored a goal. The spectators were getting angry, and the players were exhausted. One player on the home team, in particular, had worked tirelessly the whole game, running from end to en…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: THURSDAY Matthew 21.23 – 46; focused on 21.33 – 45 I was taking a service in a local church when this passage was the second reading. Over at the side of the church was a family with a three-year-old boy who appeared to be playing with his toys, taking no notice of the se…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
EASTER SATURDAY Matthew 22.34 – 40 ‘So what’s your all-time favourite song, then?’I listened as John put his friend on the spot. They had been discussing music of various sorts and styles. This was a way of getting to the heart of the matter. ‘Let me play safe,’ the friend rep…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
ASTER MONDAY Matthew 28.11–15 One of the things people have often said about the early Christians’ belief in Jesus’ resurrection is that they were obviously so devastated by the failure of their dreams and hopes that they found a way of saying it was all right after all. A grand-…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: SATURDAY Matthew 18; focused on 18.21–35 There are at least three levels at which we should read this sharp and startling story. And at least three levels at which we should apply it to our lives, not least our lives in church. Start, though, with Peter’s question. It see…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Friday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Friday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: FRIDAY Matthew 17; focused on 17.14 –20 Once more we come close to Jesus in the crowd; and this time let’s bring with us someone we know, perhaps someone very close to us, who is in serious need of Jesus’ help. Take a moment and think who you want to bring. Let’s recall w…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Third Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Third Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: TUESDAY Matthew 15.1–20; focused on 15.1– 9 Germs and Jesus!’ shouted the seven-year-old son of a friend of mine. ‘Germs and Jesus! You keep telling me they’re important and I can’t see either of them!’ A fascinating response to a pressing parental problem. We tell our…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Third Week in lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Third Week in lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: WEDNESDAY Matthew 15.21–38; focused on 15.21–28 Let’s listen in on this conversation. Stand in the crowd and see what you think. We’re up north now, away from Galilee. Jesus has already spoken of this region (‘the district of Tyre and Sidon’) in such a way as to make it…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year A