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1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - GLOSSARY
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - GLOSSARY
by SPCK - John Goldingay
GLOSSARY aide A supernatural agent through whom God appears and works in the world. Standard English translations call them “angels,” but this rather suggests ethereal figures with wings, wearing diaphanous white dresses. Aides are humanlike figures; hence it is possible to give …
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Acknowledgments
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Acknowledgments
by SPCK - John Goldingay
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The translation at the beginning of each chapter is my own. I have tried to stick closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church, so you can see more precisely what the text says. Although I prefer to use gender…
Imagining the Lectionary: A very private conversion and a very public statement (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: A very private conversion and a very public statement (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: A very private conversion and a very public statement (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “House with solar panels ” “I’m baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life,…
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Advent conundrum (Advent 2C) Reflection accompanying image “No way in or Out” The photograph presents a conundrum. The room in the tower offers a view over the boundary wall which cannot be seen by those at ground level. The access door is set well above…
Psalms for Everyone - One Thing
Psalms for Everyone - One Thing
by SPCK - John Goldingay
One Thing Psalm 27 Soon after I came to the United States, I attended an inaugural lecture by a man who (we were told) was a full-time pastor and a half-time professor. I laughed because I assumed it was a joke—how could you be a full-time this and a half-time that? (He also told…
Psalms for Everyone - Teach Me to Repent
Psalms for Everyone - Teach Me to Repent
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Teach Me to Repent Psalm 51 John Donne was a seventeenth-century priest, love poet, and member of parliament. He also wrote a series of “Holy Sonnets” (found in The Oxford Book of English Verse, ed. Christopher Ricks [New York: Oxford University Press, 1999], 117). In one he imag…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Another Amen
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Another Amen
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Another Amen Psalm 106:48 Whereas the amen at the end of Book Three of the Psalter stands in contrast to Psalm 89 to which it is appended, this amen at the end of Book Four follows nicely on Psalm 106, though perhaps it issues a challenge in that it involves recognizing that our …
Where the jackals scratch a living
Where the jackals scratch a living
by Andrew Pratt
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Isaiah 35: 1 – 10 Hymn: Where the jackals scratch a living, Where the jackals scratch a living, in this wild, deserted place, springs will bring refreshing water, grass and reeds will sign God's grace... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & B…
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession Psalm 23
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession Psalm 23
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession for the Worship Leader, with a broad theme of God the good shepherd. Prayers - The Lord is my Shepherd Format: Consider these words from Psalm 23 A Moment of silence (see extract below) A Prayer of Confession Lord's Prayer Short …
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Confessions Psalm 27
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Confessions Psalm 27
by John Birch
Opening prayers to help the leader of worship. A Scripture verse, a prayer of thanksgiving and one of confession. Prayers - One thing I ask of the Lord Format: Consider these words from Psalm 27 A Responsive Prayer (see extract below) A Prayer of Confession Lord's Prayer Short E…
Dramatised John 8:31-38
Dramatised John 8:31-38
by James Robinson
Dramatic Reading – John 8:31-38 It’s been a, different day, here in the temple courts. Jesus returned from The Mount of Olives where he’d been all night and sat down to teach us. The Pharisees obviously weren’t too pleased and tried to trick him but Jesus bent down and started to…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Do We Ever Learn?- Take Two