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Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 8 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 8 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 8 Jeremiah 28.5–9 Romans 6.12–23 Matthew 10.40–42 Ours is an age with a great deal of interest in ‘spirituality’. We have rediscovered that ‘spirituality’ is good for us and, like exercise and a low-fat diet, we pursue it, but …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time The Last Sunday After Trinity Leviticus 19.1–2, 15–18 1 Thessalonians 2.1–8 Matthew 22.34–46 1 Thessalonians is almost certainly the oldest document in the New Testament. As in so many other things, Paul is a pioneer. It is hard for u…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 7 Jeremiah 20.7–13 Romans 6.1b–11 Matthew 10.24–39 The prophet Jeremiah lived through times of enormous political upheaval. His long career, lasting about 40 years, saw a good king, a couple of bad kings, a weak king and the fo…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8.26-40 1John 4.7-21 John 15.1-8 The writings of John, both in the Gospel and the epistles, are bafflingly determined not to come down on one side or the other of the ‘chicken or egg’ question. Which comes first, love of God or love of our neighbou…
Transforming Preaching - A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation
Transforming Preaching - A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation If you want to bake a cake, you need to include certain basic ingredients. You can vary the amounts and there is a huge variety of other things you can add to make cakes of many different kinds. But without the basics, you don’t have a…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 24 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 24 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 24 Isaiah 53.4-12 Hebrews 5.1-10 Mark 10.35-45 There is an extraordinary consistency in what the New Testament tells us about the mission of Jesus Christ. At the heart of all the great biblical accounts of why the Son comes and how he saves us is the cross. No New Testamen…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
by SPCK - N T Wright
A couple of years ago I took part in a charity walk. It was a sunny day, there were thousands of people taking part, and we went through some breathtaking scenery. We were put in several groups, with a few hundred setting off every few minutes. I was in the first group, and it wa…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Look Upon Their Threats
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Look Upon Their Threats
by SPCK - N T Wright
Look upon Their Threats Acts 4. 23-31 In the early summer of 1989, I went to Jerusalem to teach, and to work on a couple of books, one of which was about Jesus himself. One day, sitting in my borrowed room at St George’s Cathedral, I was struggling with a few pages I was trying t…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 15 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 15 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 15 Isaiah 56.1, 6–8 Romans 11.1–2a, 29–32 Matthew 15.10–28 This strange story of the Canaanite woman clearly scratches an itch for Matthew’s readers. If you put this version and Mark’s version side by side (Mark 7.24–30), you w…
Dealing with Disaster
Dealing with Disaster
by Colin Smith
This short (865words) reflection/sermon considers Habakkuk Chapter 3 where he bemoans at length the disasters facing himself and his people. These are largely related to the disastrous failure of crops. In the earlier chapters he is concerned about the threat of invasion and the …
God
God
by Diane Brennan
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in t…
God of wrath, God of Love
God of wrath, God of Love
by Colin Smith
Wrath is very much an uncomfortable characteristic of God. Yet it occurs frequently in both the Old and New testaments, This reflection/short (532 words) examines this aspect of his character and suggests it arises from his deep love, making it much easier to understand and accep…
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
God above us, God beyond us
God above us, God beyond us
by Michael Docker
God above us, God beyond us, God as close as our next breath, God in Jesus living, dying, Overcoming pain and death. Jesus rising, Jesus rising Jesus lifting all we are From the depths of hate and violence To God’s realm so near, so far. Broken hearts, bewildered spirits; Earthly…
Hear as the prophet rails and cries
Hear as the prophet rails and cries
by Michael Docker
Hosea Colossians Luke Hear as the Prophet rails and cries, Scarred by the frailty all around; See in his life the agonies Of the Divine in name and sound - Hear as the Preacher sounds his call, Trusting the Cross, the Name, to heal, Powers and authorities shall fall As the Divine…
Christ is the human face of God