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Jesus with his mother on the way
Jesus with his mother on the way
by Audrey Hogan
This coloured pencil drawing was created while staying at the Community of St John Baptist Windsor back in about 1988 The Nuns have since moved to another convent.I found a series of stations of the cross in the main chapel and made this drawing based on one of them.Now I wish I …
My Name is Pilate
My Name is Pilate
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of the trial and execution of Jesus from the point of view of Pontius Pilate. Should you like this and like to have more of my material,…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 24 Isaiah 45.1–7 1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 Matthew 22.15–22 The question as weapon is one of the oldest techniques in controversy. You will hear it used to perfection most mornings on the radio. The art is to find the question to …
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the teacher (1)
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the teacher (1)
by BRF - Rona Orme
Jesus told stories to challenge people to think in new ways. In the parable of the greedy farmer, he says that lots of money or things do not make people well-off in God's view. There is an opportunity in this session to think about starting a social action project. Such projects…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the friend (1)
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the friend (1)
by BRF - Rona Orme
The Bible makes it clear that God knows each of us by name. Jesus calls the man lowered through the roof 'my friend' as he forgives his sins (Luke 5:20) and he addresses the disciples as 'friends' (John 15:14-15). Most people find it helpful to think about Jesus as a friend and b…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Imperial Cult under the Julio-Claudians: Conclusion
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Imperial Cult under the Julio-Claudians: Conclusion
by SPCK - N T Wright
**THE EAGLE HAS LANDED:ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE The Religion of Empire (iv) Imperial Cult under the Julio-Claudians: Conclusion** For the purposes of a book on Paul, we need not take the story further. None of the three emperors who followed Nero in quick succession were …
Simply Good News - A Different Kind of God
Simply Good News - A Different Kind of God
by SPCK - N T Wright
A Different Kind of God That’s why the stories about Jesus – the four Gospels or good-news books – are quite complicated. They show Jesus not parachuting down from a great height to dispense solutions to all problems nor zapping everything into shape like some kind of Superman, b…
Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - Christmas
Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - Christmas
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
2 Christmas Exploring the text Matthew’s birth narrative begins in the same way that the genealogy began. Unfortunately this is masked in the English translation. Matthew 1.1 begins ‘a book [or record] of the genesis of Jesus the Messiah’ and Matthew 1.18 ‘the genesis of Jesus th…
The Power of the Parable - The Visionary Dream of God