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Intercessions Years A, B and C - Proper 14 Year A
Intercessions Years A, B and C - Proper 14 Year A
by SPCK - Ian Black
Proper 14 Year A Give thanks to the Lord Call upon his name. Lord, it is you who comes when we cry out in storm-tossed moments. Reach out to your Church when sight of the strong wind brings fear… Open our ears to hear you say ‘take heart’…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt A friend of mine told me last week about a dinner he and his wife had had with another couple. The other wife was my friend’s ex, but both couples are happily married so it seemed that this piece of history would not be a problem, and the couples…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - On Heaping Coals
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - On Heaping Coals
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Heaping Coals Like many Libyans involved in the rebellion against Colonel Mu‘ammar al-Gadhafi’s government, Abdul Ghani Aboughreis, a worship leader in a Tripoli mosque, could reasonably have felt bitter against Gadhafi’s supporters…
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Dominic De Guzman Having presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi and also Clare of Assisi, I talk now about another saint of the same period who made a fundamental contribution to the renewal of the Church of his time: St. Dominic, the Founder of the Order of Preac…
52 Reflections on Faith - The ten commandments: Doing what you like
52 Reflections on Faith - The ten commandments: Doing what you like
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
The ten commandments: Doing what you like The fourth-century North African bishop St Augustine once wrote, ‘Love and do what you will’, which is often rendered ‘Love God and do what you like.’ It sounds ideal— as if there were no moral requirements made of us as Christians…
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 6 LISTENING FOR GOD’S VOICE
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 6 LISTENING FOR GOD’S VOICE
by Christine Valters Painter
LISTENING FOR GOD’S VOICE The first movement of lectio divina in traditional language is called lectio, which means “reading.” But this kind of reading is so much more than simply reading words, stringing together sounds, and comprehending the meaning of those sounds. Rather, the…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - Intercessions in Mainstream Worship
The Second Intercessions Handbook - Intercessions in Mainstream Worship
by SPCK - John Pritchard
1 INTERCESSIONS IN MAINSTREAM WORSHIP PRACTICALITIES This is a checklist of things to consider when preparing intercessions for mainstream worship: 1 Decide what’s special about this service. Is there a main theme from the Church’s year or from local church life? Will it be a sol…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 17 Hospitality
The Monastery Of The Heart - 17 Hospitality
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Hospitality “Once guests have been announced, meet them with all the courtesy of love.” It is possible, of course, to make community out of “our kind of people,” out of people who look like us and think like us and have the same backgrounds we do… Taken from The Monastery Of The …
Great Christian Thinkers - 19 St. Ambrose of Milan