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Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort
Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn for World Aids Day Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort, needing the love of our family and friends. Dare we admit to this random infection, living with fear that it seems never ends? Here in the church is there safety and welcome, room to be honest and never conde…
Hymn: The narrative of Godly love
Hymn: The narrative of Godly love
by Andrew Pratt
The narrative of Godly loveresists attempts to test or prove and yet exceeds our wildest dreams, while we put trust in human schemes. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: GONFANLON ROYAL Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 8/10/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co…
Monologue/Meditation: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for…
Monologue/Meditation: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for…
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Meditation: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for… Time and time again they take-off, tons of metal soaring sky-ward. Statistics say they're safe. Driving a car is more dangerous. I love flight, taking off and landing? But part of that is the exhilaration, the sens…
Once, like a mighty rushing wind
Once, like a mighty rushing wind
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Once, like a mighty rushing wind Acts 2: 1 – 21 Once, like a mighty rushing wind, the Holy Spirit came. From Pentecost, the world they knew could never be the same. The Christ that they had loved and known, the one who hung and died, was in their living, laughter, joy; and …
Above all other loves
Above all other loves
by Audrey Hogan
This Poem is all about discipleship and putting Jesus first in our lives. Jesus is both our saviour and the Lamb of God. We also have a cross to carry which is the cost of discipleship. We are faithful because we want to hear his words well done true and faithful servant and ente…
All Desires Known - A Scandal To Many
All Desires Known - A Scandal To Many
by SPCK - Janet Morley
A SCANDAL TO MANY Collect Luke 2.22–35; 1 Peter 2.1–10 Christ our cornerstone, you were recognized at your presentation as a sign of hope for the world... Christmas 1 (B); Epiphany 4 (C); Presentation (ABC) Taken from All Desires Known by Janet Morley Published by SPCK
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 2.14a, 22–32 1 Peter 1.3–9 John 20.19–31 What makes people believe? Probably the reasons are as numerous as the people who give them. Today’s readings provide just a few examples. In the Gospel, we have two sets of responses. First of all…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Choice
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Choice
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Choice RUTH 1:10-19a When my wife’s multiple sclerosis was first diagnosed, I wrote to tell her pastor, who had also been a mentor of mine. I remember reading his reply. He told us how that morning he happened to have been studying the story of Jesus’ making the water into wi…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 6 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 6 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 6 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 9: 35 – 10.8 Gaze on the harassed and helpless, the dislocated and forgotten of our societies – like commuters without a train, milling around on the platform, tired after a long day standing on their feet serving in a shop for not much mor…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 24 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 24 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 24 Jeremiah 31.27–34 2 Timothy 3.14—4.5 Luke 18.1–8 The passages from 2 Timothy and Luke 18 both envisage God’s people hanging on, sustaining their energy and sense of direction, even though things seem to go from bad to worse. By contrast, Jeremiah 31 sees through the lon…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Christmas Day Year C