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Meditation - Sunday Before Advent Year C
Meditation - Sunday Before Advent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Advent Year C What is truth? John 18: 33-37 Revelation 1: 4b-8 God of Grace, Moving heaven and earth For love of a fallen race... Created by David Middleton on behalf of LWPT (Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust) for more information click here.
Poem: Pilate reacts
Poem: Pilate reacts
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Pilate reacts What kind of king are you, you Jew? The priests condemn you for they say you spite them, yet you will not fight them. They say you claim to be a king to rule them. Do you just fool them? They throw your talk of kingdom in your face. You say that it is not your…
Poem:True wisdom
Poem:True wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem:True wisdom Is wisdom found in argument, boasting, or sharp debate, or is it found in selfishness, in envy, or in hate? Does wisdom fire ambition that is ruthless in its drive, or cause a fight or quarrel in the battle to survive? Does wisdom harbour bitterness, or twist the…
John for Everyone part 2 - Ask, and You Will Receive
John for Everyone part 2 - Ask, and You Will Receive
by SPCK - N T Wright
Ask, and You Will Receive John 16.23-33 In the world of business you can often tell how important someone is by finding out how many people you have to ‘go through’, as we say, in order to speak to them. You telephone, hoping for a word with the chairman of the company. You get t…
Hymn: Like feathers on the wind
Hymn: Like feathers on the wind
by Andrew Pratt
Like feathers on the wind our words can lose their way, a loosened tongue, as much as arms, is in the devil's pay. We need a listening ear, a slowness when we act, before we judge, the time to sift the rumour from the fact. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: GARELOCHSIDE; POTSDAM Metre: SM …
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Psalm 71:1-6 1st Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 We talk a great deal about love. The purpose of fiction is almost always to tell a love story. Love is the theme of most popular songs. Many of us seek love above all other things. …
Making much of clever counsel
Making much of clever counsel
by Andrew Pratt
Making much of clever counsel lawyers sought to trip and flaw. Jesus answered with God’s wisdom, offered grace to cut through law. God of Jesus, God of Moses, God of Hannah and of Ruth; God of Dorcas, God of Peter, help us understand your truth. Verse 3-4 follow Tune: ALL FOR JES…
The Pastoral Letters - Get Into Training
The Pastoral Letters - Get Into Training
by SPCK - N T Wright
Get into Training! 1Timothy 4.6-10 The last time I made a serious effort to get physically fit I had a specific purpose in mind. We were about to launch into a complicated move of house, and I knew that I was going to be on my feet all day for a long time, carrying boxes, books, …
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and the Woman
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and the Woman
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and the Woman John 4.16-26 A friend of mine described the reaction when he went home, as a young teenager, and announced to his mother that he’d become a Christian. Alarmed, she thought he’d joined some kind of cult. ‘They’ve brainwashed you!’ she said. He was ready with th…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Day of Pentecost Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Day of Pentecost Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Day of Pentecost John 14.8-17 [25-27] Gaze on a wood in a storm, the trees blown every which way by the invisible wind. Branches are stripped of their leaves and the weaker boughs are broken, and fall to the forest floor. Listen to the rage of the storm, rushing through a garden,…
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…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A Meditation on John 10: 1-10 Gaze or, this time, listen. Listen to a person’s voice and wonder what it is about the timbre that makes it recognizable. Each voice has a trace as unique as a fingerprint. Voices do not age in the same way as our f…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 11 Year A