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Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 1 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 1 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 1 Isaiah 40.21–31 1 Corinthians 9.16–23 Mark 1.29–39 There are two complicated, separate yet related themes running through today’s readings. The first is to do with proclamation – all three passages talk about the ways in which God makes himself known to us. The second is…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 3 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 3 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 3 Mark 2.1-12 Gaze on the man lying on the stretcher. He is beyond taking any action on his own behalf. He is so paralysed and weak that he has lost all control over his choices. Gaze on his stiff and useless limbs. Gaze on the hope deep in his eyes. Perhaps he has been …
The Pastoral Letters - Opponents of the Truth
The Pastoral Letters - Opponents of the Truth
by SPCK - N T Wright
Opponents of the Truth 2Timothy 3.1-9 It was a scrappy end to the game, but perhaps it was inevitable. We were winning by what should have been a safe margin; and with a few minutes to go the opposition seemed to realize that their cause was hopeless. Perhaps for that reason, tho…
Mark for Everyone - The Demon-Possessed Boy
Mark for Everyone - The Demon-Possessed Boy
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 9.14–29 The Demon-Possessed Boy... ...Our mountain walk started quite easily. We strolled along the first mile or two, following the red flashes of paint on nearby rocks, which marked the route. Only a gentle incline; we didn’t even break into a sweat. We b…
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Isaiah 40: 21-31 Mark 1: 29-39 “Do you not know? Have you not heard?” Yes, of course. We know about God. We have heard all about him!... Created by Susan Thorne on behalf of LWPT (Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust) for more infor…
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Remembrance Sunday We approach Remembrance Sunday with ambivalent feelings. No right-minded person enjoys war; we all know the cost in lives, devastated cities, ruined landscapes and grief. We know about “collateral damage”, the indiscriminate slaughter, the unintend…
All the skill and art, each problem
All the skill and art, each problem
by Andrew Pratt
All the skill and art, each problem, that the human heart can bear we can bring before the God-head through our thought and in our prayer. Those who suffer seek God's comfort, those whose lives are seared with pain, bring your anguish in this moment, let God share your stress and…
Here is the message that we hold
Here is the message that we hold
by Andrew Pratt
Here is the message that we hold, the words that drive us on, to bring Good News to those we meet until the Kingdom's come; until the reign of Christ is won in every time and place, until all people know that they are held within God's grace; Verses 3-4 follow Tune: FINGAL Metre:…
Hymn: God has broken walls of heartache
Hymn: God has broken walls of heartache
by Andrew Pratt
God has broken walls of heartache, entered disability, challenged concepts that estrange us in our vulnerability. Gone the curtain of the temple, gone the altar where priests stood, now we stand within the presence of the one we name as God. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS …
Hymn: Within a crowd where we’re alone
Hymn: Within a crowd where we’re alone
by Andrew Pratt
Within a crowd where we’re alone with nothing left to say; when fear has traced our every step and love has gone away; God give us courage, help us step beyond this cage of time to find again the freedom steps to dance with heaven’s rhyme. Verse 2 follows Tune: KINGSFOLD Metre: D…
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 18: 5-9, 15, 31-33 Psalm 130 Ephesians 4: 25-5: 2 John 6 35, 41-51 When David committed both adultery and murder (2nd Samuel 11), he set off a train of events that deeply scarred his family and caused him anguish. Even th…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Fourth Sunday in Lent Year A 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 I once resigned from a church because of its practice of shutting out God’s good daylight, especially the sunshine, and holding the services by the inferior light of fluorescent strip…
Filled with anger and compassion
Filled with anger and compassion
by Andrew Pratt
Filled with anger and compassion Jesus felt another's plight, understood the ones who taunted cloaking prejudice as right. Feeling human hurt and anguish, Jesus reached to touch the man, now he'd share the condemnation, subject to a human ban. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CALON LAN 8.…
Hymn: Who rules the world just like a king