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John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and Moses
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and Moses
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and Moses John 5.39-47 You can see it in a class at school. You can see it in a sports team. You can see it in an army barracks. You can see it, in fact, almost anywhere where a peer group builds up and gathers momentum despite the best efforts of those in charge. The boys …
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 20 Year A Lord, teach us to live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, Let us not be intimidated by opposition or criticism. Keep us firm in the faith you have set before us; Through Christ who has triumphed and reigns with you in your Holy Spirit for ever and ever A…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Seventh Sunday of Easter (After Ascension) Acts 1. 6-14 : Psalm. 68. 1-10 [32-35] : 1 Peter 4.12-14; S. 6-11 : John 17. 1-11 Lord, as your Son has ascended, let us not be weighed down by sin, but look to him who has brought us everlasting glory, and now reigns with you and the Ho…
Hymn: Rejoice! Rejoice! Again I say rejoice!
Hymn: Rejoice! Rejoice! Again I say rejoice!
by Andrew Pratt
Rejoice! Rejoice! Again I say rejoice! Our God is near, it's time to make our choice, in gentleness and purposeful in grace, to share God's love in every time and place. Rejoice! Rejoice! Again I say rejoice! Put fear aside, let prayer inspire each voice. This is the gift that ea…
Hymn: You are the God that brought us all to birth
Hymn: You are the God that brought us all to birth
by Andrew Pratt
You are the God that brought us all to birth, the God of all the cosmos and this earth; and yet in human life you shared our pain and in this present moment share again. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ELLERS, EVENTIDE Metre: 10.10.10.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 9/10/2012 Sta…
It all feels so unjust
It all feels so unjust
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: It all feels so unjust Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3: 13 – 22 It all feels so unjust when they slag me off, makes me cynical. I hardly want to believe anymore. Call themselves Christian? And they tell me how to behave? Should look at themselves. It all feels so unju…
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97
by Andrew Pratt
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97 (97:1) The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! (97:2) Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (97:3) Fire goes before him, and consumes his adve…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eigth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eigth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 28thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Job 23: 1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22: 1-15 Hebrews 4: 12-16 Mark 10: 17-31 Almost every Christian will have had the experience of not being able to find God; nothing stirs in our hearts, our prayers bounce back unheard, life feels meaningless a…
Hymn: Sometimes the Bible seems unreal
Hymn: Sometimes the Bible seems unreal
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes the Bible seems unreal, its people like a saintly race, they speak with such integrity as those immersed in Godly grace. And how can we, within our time, aspire to such a perfect goal of innocence and purity, when needing love to make us whole? Verses 3-4 follow Tune: B…
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
by Andrew Pratt
Only with God will the building, the loving, praying and praising bear fruit, or make sense. When we align with divine revelation heaven draws near and love has no pretence. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/10/2012 Stain…
May God bless and shine upon us
May God bless and shine upon us
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: May God bless and shine upon us Proper 15 year A Psalm 67 May God bless and shine upon us all the riches his grace, may the earth, may every nation know the love in Jesus' face. Let the people offer praises, all who know God's saving power, those of this and every nation, t…
Monologue/meditation: Lament
Monologue/meditation: Lament
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/meditation: Lament Share all or part of the reading from Lamentations. The speaker, a modern day Jeremiah, is sitting on a stool, thinking. Raising his or her head, begins to speak... The rooftops were wet, shining in light that glinted between clouds. The damp mist of …
Mother us gently, Father us lightly
Mother us gently, Father us lightly
by Andrew Pratt
Poem/Prayer: Mother us gently, Father us lightly Mothering Sunday Mother us gently, Father us lightly, God of our being, ground of our care; comfort our grieving, help our believing, graceful and loving, teach us to share. Hold and enfold us, parent with purpose, …
Now is the time to reassess
Now is the time to reassess
by Andrew Pratt
Now is the time to reassess our place within God's grace, a time for calm, reflective prayer, to meet God face to face. Now is the time for honesty for God is by our side; each action seen and understood, no way that we can hide. Verses 3-4 follow Metre: CM Tune: FINGAL Andrew …
Exodus and Leviticus - More Prayer, More Flip-Flop
Exodus and Leviticus - More Prayer, More Flip-Flop
by SPCK - John Goldingay
More Prayer, More Flip-Flop EXODUS 10: 1-29 I’ve just been reading a paper by one of my students titled “Prayer in the Scriptures.” The student astonished me first by reporting a poll indicating that 72 percent of people in the United States pray at least several times a week. Th…
Job for Everyone - On Birth and Death
Job for Everyone - On Birth and Death
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Birth and Death Job 10: 1-22 Yesterday a girl in her twenties was telling me about the death of her grandmother a day or two before. Like many people of her generation, she was very close to her grandmother, and the loss is a significant one. And yesterday another young woman …
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Sunday next before Lent Luke 9.28-36 [37-43a] Gaze on all things that dazzle – spume of the waves that roam the sea, and is tossed up like tinsel in the air, or the light on a lake, making silver rays skid over the surface like a thousand steel skates flashing across ice. Gaz…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A