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Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
by Jane Bingham
Advent Candle Liturgy – to accompany the hymn the Holly & the Ivy Advent 1 We light today our 1st red candle remembering all Gods people. People who are experiencing life in all its complexities and still find their faith in you. Light candles Response – Remind us Lord that we ar…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - No Compromise
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - No Compromise
by SPCK - John Goldingay
No Compromise JOSHUA 10: 12- 27 Six months ago, a doctor who performed late-term abortions was shot dead in church in Kansas, and at his funeral people from another Kansas church carried posters declaring, “God Sent the Killer.” Their declarations affirmed that the doctor’s own w…
Simply Jesus - The Campaign Starts here
Simply Jesus - The Campaign Starts here
by SPCK - N T Wright
The campaign starts here Keep these spectacles on, then, as we come back to Jesus and to what he was saying about God – about Israel’s God. Jesus was going about declaring, after the manner of someone issuing a public proclamation, that Israel’s God was at last becoming king. ‘Th…
Where there is water, where there is worship
Where there is water, where there is worship
by Michael Docker
Where there is water, where there is worship, There is a sign for all to see, Here we are challenged, called by the water, Drawn to the death that sets us free. One time Jesus came to John, Like the others to be baptised; Signed his death and heard God say, ”With him I am pleased…
The picture of you in our mind
The picture of you in our mind
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Prayer of Confession The pictures of you in our mind Loving God, forgive us, how we have got you wrong! Lazily we have settled for pictures of you in our minds which tell a terrible tale. We have painted you stern and unbending, the eternal judge... By John Harvey Taken from Eggs…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Parable of the Wedding Feast
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Parable of the Wedding Feast
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Wedding Feast Matthew 22.1-14 ‘The trouble with politicians today’, my friend said to me the other evening, ‘is that they always tell us that if we vote for them things will get better. If only they’d tell us the truth – that the world is a dangerous place, tha…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Parable of the Tenants
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Parable of the Tenants
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Tenants Matthew 21.33-46 I had a dream last night, and the frustrating thing is that I can’t remember what it was about. I know that when I woke up it seemed very important; indeed, so important that I wanted to write it down, but I didn’t have the time. By the…
Poem: This is my child
Poem: This is my child
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: This is my child This is my child – and yet he is not mine. He is a special boy and though I fathered him I will not claim him as my own for he belongs to God. The miracle that brought him here was a promise fulfilled, but not to me alone, or to my wife. We are his parents …
Poem: Dance of death
Poem: Dance of death
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Dance of death A swish of silken skirt and swaying body; bright unbound hair and darkened dazzling eyes; bejewelled dress revealing, then concealing; devices all designed to mesmerize. The music slowed, the dance grew yet more sensual, the guests were captivated by the sigh…
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…
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