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Hymn: You're not far from God's Kingdom
Hymn: You're not far from God's Kingdom
by Michael Docker
You're not far from God's Kingdom If in Christ's hope you live And work for this world's goodness, And humbly learn to give. His light will always lead you To follow in His way - His Kingdom's life inspire you To seek His face today. You're not far from God's Kingdom If justice i…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 6 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 6 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 6 1 Samuel 15.34-16.13 2 Corinthians 5.6-10[11-13] 14-17 Mark 4.26-34 Once again the lectionary cuts Paul off just when he’s getting interesting. Next week’s passage starts at 6.1; what happened to 5.18–21, one of Paul’s greatest summaries of his life and thought? However,…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 6 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 6 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 6 Mark 4: 26-34 Gaze on a vegetable patch at the bottom of the garden, or better still a full-sized allotment, with the gardener’s rickety shed in one corner, a watering can outside the door. Gaze on the rows of neat plants: pale lime-green lettuce leaves, baby leeks like …
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24.36b-48 Gaze on the reverence with which the scrolls of the Torah are handled in a Jewish synagogue. They are given pride of place, all eyes turned towards them as the doors of the Ark open and there they are, clothed in fine cloth with tinkling …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 16 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 16 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 16 Exodus 1.8—2.10 Romans 12.1–8 Matthew 16.13–20 How do slaves get free? By living the present in the light of the future. The midwives, and Moses’ mother, act out of defiant hope. Moses, destined to lead Israel through the …
Nativity from Above
Nativity from Above
by Andy Lindley
Not scriptural accurate, but I wanted to convey, as the scriptures do also, the impact of Jesus' birth on the breadth of humanity from the lowly shepherds, gentiles, jews and even wise and noble. The light emanates from Christ, mirroring John's gospel, and that Jesus is the light…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 24. Sharing the load