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The Gospel According to twilight - Thirst, Forbidden Fruit in Forks
The Gospel According to twilight - Thirst, Forbidden Fruit in Forks
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Thirst Forbidden Fruits in Forks Chapter Four What we really need to know about the Twilight novels, with all their plots, themes, and drama, is that the driving force of this story is desire. This is a tale of unremitting hunger. It is a saga of raw, elemental need and of the le…
Poem: New world
Poem: New world
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: New world New heaven, new earth, is what folk say will greet the morning one fine day. All will be well, all tears be gone, no pain, no mourning from then on. The Holy City will appear and heaven will be very near for God will live upon the earth and everything will have ne…
Reflection: The Fear of the Lord
Reflection: The Fear of the Lord
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: The Fear of the Lord ‘The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord?’ Doesn’t sound to me like the foundation for a good relationship. Unless you’re getting ‘wised up’ to the fact that the Boss is in charge and you’d better behave yourself, or else! But that won’t make …
Poem: Significance
Poem: Significance
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Significance They were waiting: waiting for a sign: waiting for the One Who Would Come: waiting for the Messiah: waiting for John to declare himself. They were full of questions: full of suspense: full of anticipation: full of wondering: full of hope. Continues... ©Marjorie…
LWPT Meditations - Easter Sunday - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Easter Sunday - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Easter Sunday Year A Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 Peter always put the resurrection of Jesus at the heart of his preaching, as did the other disciples. Initially, their witness was only to the Jews, but eventually it extended to…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8: 13 Mark 1: 21-28 The Church is under the ruler ship of the Lord Jesus Christ. When on earth he taught with authority such as no one had ever heard before (Mark 1 v 22) and he demonstrat…
In our end is our beginning
In our end is our beginning
by Andrew Pratt
In our end is our beginning, cosmic riddle of our birth, why the Alpha and Omega came in flesh and came to birth. Death will no more signal ending, love survives beyond this life, not diminished or extinguished by our common human strife. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: DIJON Metre: 8.7.…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Christmas - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Christmas - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday of Christmas Year B John 1: 1-18 Ephesians 1: 3-14 New Year’s Day is a time of looking back at what we have achieved and endured in the past year, and of looking forward, with some trepidation, to the year ahead. In 2012 we shall certainly be facing some c…
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
by Digistry
Four Mini Movies for Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B Holy Spirit - Call to Worship Based on Mark 1:4-11 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Creation - Reflection Based on Genesis 1:1-15 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Search for Me - Praise - Prayer Based on Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 Lectionary: Ordinary 2 B…
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
7 A Hymn for the Nameless By the late afternoon of September 2, 31 BCE, Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt had escaped the surrounding squadrons of Octavian and Agrippa, picked up Mark Antony from his abandoned flagship, and fled with him to Alexandria and double suicide…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - The Mission Begins in Galilee
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - The Mission Begins in Galilee
by BRF - Dick France
The Mission Begins in Galilee The prologue is over. We are no longer ‘in the wilderness’, but in the real world of ordinary men and women in the villages of Galilee. This is Jesus’ home province, though the focus of his mission will prove to be not in the hills around Nazareth bu…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Day of Pentecost - Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Day of Pentecost - Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Day of Pentecost Year C Opening prayer Sovereign Lord, we meet together to celebrate the gift of your Holy Spirit to the church. Bless us as we seek to serve you today. Fill us with your Spirit, as you filled your followers early one morning in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago, that…
How God Became King - 4e John: Creation and New Creation