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Choosing Tracks
Choosing Tracks
by Andy Mackay
How do you choose the right track for your life? 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 …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 66:16-17
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 66:16-17
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 66:16-17 Can we ever find God to be deaf to our prayers? After all, surely he sees and hears all. But this poetic image takes us to the heart of prayer. The life of faith is not about finding the right words or rituals to manipulate fate. That’s what the occult tries to do.…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Call to Holy Living
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Call to Holy Living
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Call to Holy Living ROMANS 6.12-14 We ended the last section with a picture of someone moving house, changing from one landlord to another. Let’s extend that a bit, and imagine that I am a smallholder living out in the countryside, about a thousand years ago. My little farm s…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Raising of Lazarus John 11.38-46 We saw a programme on the television last night about the fossilized remains of what looks like an ancient race of creatures. They seem to be like humans, but much taller. They appear to have been significantly different from any monkeys or ap…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Father's Will
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Father's Will
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Father’s Will John 6.36-46 C. S. Lewis was once interviewed by an American Christian journalist who was writing about well-known characters who had converted to Christianity during adult life. The theme was ‘decision’. He wanted to get Lewis to say how he had ‘made his decisi…
Revelation for Everyone - Worthy is the Lamb!
Revelation for Everyone - Worthy is the Lamb!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Worthy is the Lamb! Revelation 5.8-14 Think of it as another visit to the theatre. You are sitting in the dark when the drum begins. A slow, steady rhythm. It’s telling you something. It’s going somewhere. It builds up, louder and louder. Then the voices join in. Wild, excited si…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Seed Must Die
John for Everyone part 2 - The Seed Must Die
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Seed Must Die John 12.20-26 Every autumn, when I was a boy, we used to collect horse chestnuts. We would watch the trees as the chestnuts started to fall, usually in late September or early October. The prickly, green outer shell would often split; if it didn’t, we would slic…
Psalm 119:37
Psalm 119:37
by David Perry
Original image “Faith fashionable desirable essential” by David Perry Image modified and text added by Twelvebaskets Ltd New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States…
We come to this, the sign of life
We come to this, the sign of life
by Michael Docker
We come to this, the sign of life, A place for one and all; Where water waits to bear and bless Whoever heed's God's call. We come to this, the sign of truth, A moment made in love; Where water promises to bear From here to what's above. Verses 3-4 follow CM (St Stephen; St Berna…
Prayer: Great God, your love
Prayer: Great God, your love
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Great God, your love Great God, your love is so vast that it stretches beyond the boundaries of our imagination. We look to the skies and cannot see the extremities of space, yet your faithfulness exceeds those limits. We explore the depths of the oceans, but your justice…
Luke for Everyone - Ten Lepers Healed
Luke for Everyone - Ten Lepers Healed
by SPCK - N T Wright
Ten Lepers Healed Luke 17.11-19 What would make you shout for joy at the top of your voice? What would make you fall on the ground – yes, flat on your face! – in front of someone? Two explorers were lost in the South American jungle not long ago. For nine months they wandered abo…
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony It’s not always easy to keep on believing in God. It may be possible to say that we believe, but in our heart of hearts to know that there is doubt and uncertainty. We are rational beings, or we arrogantly proclaim we are. And in that arrogance l…
Open with God Book - Death
Open with God Book - Death
by Christine Odell
DEATH Prayers for Various Occasions Reading 1 Corinthians 15.50-58 We feel sad today, listening God, because of the death of …. (name), our sister/brother. We know we will not see them again in this life and that they will be missed by their family and friends..
The Pastoral Letters - Waiting For The Crown