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Boiled cabbage and chips (Broken promises)
Boiled cabbage and chips (Broken promises)
by Colin Smith
An injured father is unable to support his family. His children offer to help out, but one breaks the promise. This sketch is based on the parable of the two sons (Matthew 21:28-32) but with the context shifted to present day Britain. It was written to support an all age worship …
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - If Only...
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - If Only...
by SPCK - John Goldingay
If Only… Deuteronomy 5: 16-33 Yesterday we had the service to which I referred in connection with Deuteronomy 1, when the Episcopal Church in Los Angeles expressed its contrition for the racism that has characterized it in encouraging segregation and condoning discrimination with…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Does God Have a Wonderful Plan for Your Life?
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Does God Have a Wonderful Plan for Your Life?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Does God Have a Wonderful Plan for Your Life? Students who would like to find their way into teaching sometimes ask how I came to be a professor, so as to make plans for their career trajectory. My answer is that I drifted into where I am now…
GOD's rich Pattern - The peace of acceptance
GOD's rich Pattern - The peace of acceptance
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
The peace of acceptance Four years on life had taken on a more peaceful turn. Ralph was not kicking quite so hard. There was more a sense of resignation and acceptance of his situation. Life had more or less returned to normal, whatever that might mean. I was picking up the piece…
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…
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