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Psalms for Everyone - Flee or Stay?
Psalms for Everyone - Flee or Stay?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Flee or Stay? Psalm 11 In this first week after South Sudan declared its independence, the president of northern Sudan has spoken before the national assembly as his reduced country starts a new phase of its life. He has described it as the “second republic” that will affirm the …
Psalms for Everyone - What a Rogue Says to Himself
Psalms for Everyone - What a Rogue Says to Himself
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What a Rogue Says to Himself Psalm 14 In the last decades of the twentieth century there was a thing called the charismatic movement that emphasized the felt reality of God’s presence and the perceptible reality of God’s speaking and acting in healing people. One of my bosses con…
Drama: John the Baptist and the PR Consultant
Drama: John the Baptist and the PR Consultant
by Clare Truman
John the Baptist and the PR Consultant Matthew 3:1-12 – Year A: Advent 2 Narrator: In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, John: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Introduction
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of writ…
John 15:10-11
John 15:10-11
by BigBible
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Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Sunday
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Sunday
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Sunday Genesis 1:2-5 I have heard one or two people describe how they make records, and I have come to realize that there are two different approaches. Some people have worked it all out systematically before they go anywhere near a recording studio. They know how many songs they…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A A new fishing boat? Matthew 4: 12-23 There was something about John’s message that just couldn’t be ignored; I was a sinner, and so was everyone else; it hurt my pride… and most everyone else’s too, but it was true. So it came as no g…
Good Friday
Good Friday
by Tim Coleman
Green Hill with 3 crosses, long shadows, violent sky, two silhouette figures (Mary and John) Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 1595 x 2329 pixels and 1.4MB The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- …
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Filled, low, straight and smooth - the civil engineering of grace (Advent 2C) Reflection accompanying image “Prepare the way of the Lord ” "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straigh…
Imagining the Lectionary: Baptism of Jesus (Year C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Baptism of Jesus (Year C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Baptism of Jesus (Year C) Reflection accompanying image “Faith check holy fire assembly point” When can faith be said to be truly authentic? This week's Lectionary readings suggest that the answer to this question relates to both our experiences of God's…
Poem: Asking questions