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Why Shepherds?
Why Shepherds?
by Sue Brown
Why Shepherds? If you had news, important news, Of the greatest events that ever befell, Who would you give the message to? Who would you tell? Why, I'd call up "The Times" and "The Guardian", I'd write to my MP, I'd contact the Palace and Whitehall, And e-mail the BBC. And what …
Shepherd
Shepherd
by Sue Brown
Shepherd (Luke 2:8–20) It’s dark: the darkness of outdoors on a moonless night. The stars are bright but so small; they seem so far away. It’s funny how the open spaces around you seem emptier at night you feel small and lonely. It’s not really cold, but after the warmth of the d…
Following Jesus
Following Jesus
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn on the call of Matthew - and our call to follow Jesus - is a conscious rewrite of the traditional St. Matthew's Day hymn by W. Bright, "He sat to watch o'er customs paid) (Hymns Ancient And Modern Revised # 563). I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to this hymn wri…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17:6-19 Gaze on the face of Jesus, rapt with attention. At this point, he is so deep in prayer that the disciples dare not fidget or interrupt such a holy moment. They do not cough or break the stillness of Jesus, who is directing his entire ener…
Mark The People's Commentary - An Abortive "Retreat"
Mark The People's Commentary - An Abortive "Retreat"
by BRF - Dick France
An Abortive “Retreat” This is the only time in Mark’s Gospel that the Twelve are called ‘apostles’. The word means ‘those sent out’, and it describes well the experience they have just shared as Jesus’ emissaries. But having been ‘sent out’, they now return and report back to the…
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Keeping body and soul together We are now in a position to turn our attention to Paul and to his view of the body and soul. As we observed in the previous chapter, different understandings of the soul make it hard for us to work out what we mean when we use the word ‘soul’, let a…
embodying mark - Epilogue: Embodying Mark
embodying mark - Epilogue: Embodying Mark
by SPCK - meda a a stamper
Epilogue: Embodying Mark The Gospel of Mark offers us the possibility of a future that is not sorted, not contained, not resolved, and in doing that, it comes alongside people for whom that is the case, which at some time or another is each of us. In this way the Gospel is both w…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 7 Literature, Story and The Articulation of Worldviews