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LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday of Advent Year C Zephaniah 3: 14-20 Isaiah 12: 2-6 Philippians 4: 4-7 Luke 3: 7-18 It is often the case that in prophesying about the fall of Jerusalem, the exile in Babylon, and the restoration of the people of Israel to their homeland, the prophets fin…
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Friday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Friday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ORDINARY TIME - Friday Evening Prayer Blessed are you, O God: your work is perfect. For your wonderful creation, we praise you, our Maker. For the labour of redemption, we thank you, Jesus our saviour...
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 30 Order in Worship
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 30 Order in Worship
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Order in Worship Word—Prophets and Speakers in Tongues Paul’s second discussion on the topic of order in worship is brief. It takes its place in the seven sections of the larger essay as follows: WORSHIP: Men and Women in the Church… Taken from Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes by …
Imagining the Lectionary: Extreme Discipleship (Proper 25A; Ordinary 30A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Extreme Discipleship (Proper 25A; Ordinary 30A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Extreme Discipleship (Proper 25A; Ordinary 30A) Reflection accompanying images “extreme at hull fair” and “extreme ride at hull fair” 'Extreme' was one of the most popular rides at this years Hull Fair. Its clientele consisted mainly of teenagers and yo…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The KING is CRUCIFIED
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The KING is CRUCIFIED
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
The KING is CRUCIFIED Through these seven balanced trial scenes, Pilate moved from mocking Jesus to a grudging respect for his kingship while “the Jews” rejected the rule of God, preferring Caesar. Now Pilate ‘hands him over to them’, using the word for ‘betray’, after the action…
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism The second problem has infected both the church and the world for the last two or three hundred years at least. Again, this is not the place to explain how all the complicated ideas in modern European and American thought came …
Simply Good News - Becoming Good-News People
Simply Good News - Becoming Good-News People
by SPCK - N T Wright
Becoming Good-News People So what happens when we pray the prayer the right way round? We become good-news people. That is true, actually, whenever you pray, because prayer means standing between the one true God and his world, becoming a place where the love of this God and the …
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year C
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Lent Yr C The Fox and the Hen Luke 13:31-35 I have beheaded John, so who is this I am hearing about? The final chapter has begun, The forces of destruction are beginning to gather, The powers of this world are closing ranks... Created by David Middleton…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 7 October 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 7 October 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 7 OCTOBER 1930 It is that spirit of greed which Jesus said God hated more than any other. It is so diametrically opposite to the spirit of God. For God forever lavishes His gifts upon the good and bad alike, and finds all His joy in endless giving...
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 9 July 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 9 July 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 9 JULY 1930 Never did I so feel the need of a silent typewriter as at this moment, for every stroke clashes with the marvelous silence of the hills tonight. I am still under the spell of that hush and of that sunset. In all my life I have never seen a sight so beautif…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL GOD’S LOVE, GOD’S POWER – IN US Ephesians 3: 14-21 Love and power, power and love: these are the themes of perhaps two-thirds of the novels, plays and poems ever written. The love of power has laid waste continents and empires. …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5.2–5a Hebrews 10.5–10 Luke 1.39–45 ‘He shall be the one of peace.’ We can feel the sigh of relief rising from prophet and hearers alike. To a world of uncertainty, fear, wars and rumours of wars, there comes the news of a king whose rule will es…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year C