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Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Numbers 21.4–9 Ephesians 2.1–10 John 3.14–21 The serpent slithers its way through myth and legend, poetry and art. Too potent a symbol to be ignored, some cultures have worshipped it, while others have feared and loathed it. Freud said predictable things…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Palm Sunday Isaiah 50.4–9a Philippians 2.5–11 Mark 14.1—15.47 It is as though there are any number of parallel stories in Mark’s account of the trial and death of Jesus. The characters in each story are largely unaware of the others, though they may interact with each other to so…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 20 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 20 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 20 Jeremiah 11.18-20 James 3.13-4.3, 7-8a Mark 9.30-37 What an emotional roller-coaster ride the disciples are on by this stage of Jesus’s ministry. Not that life with Jesus had ever been boring, exactly, but at least they had known what they were doing. Or they had though…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 5 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 5 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 5 Hosea 5.15—6.6 Romans 4.13–25 Matthew 9.9–13, 18–26 ‘I knew the great Apostle Paul. Buy me a drink, and I’ll tell you all about him. I used to act as his secretary, sometimes, which I knew, even then, was a great honour. Of…
Seed - a Litany
Seed - a Litany
by Jonathan Sharp
A short litany for leader and people reflecting some themes from the Parable of the Sower and including hope for new life and resurrection, with optional Communion couplet. Leader: So, lead me to the garden, grass grow green and soul fruits ripen People: Oh, I do believe Love w…
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A)
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A) Reflection accompanying images: ‘Middleham sundial sic labitur aetas and Middleham old post office with sundial "So passes a lifetime" says the Latin motto on this sundial in Middleham. As their own lives have passed by…
Imagining the Lectionary: Envisioning the Kingdom of God (Epiphany 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Envisioning the Kingdom of God (Epiphany 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Envisioning the Kingdom of God (Epiphany 4A) Reflection accompanying image: "Jackdaws with text “disciples need sharp all-round vision” These Jackdaws have sharp, all-round vision. Working together they have all the angles covered and never seem to…
Imagining the Lectionary: fit for purpose? (Epiphany 8A)
Imagining the Lectionary: fit for purpose? (Epiphany 8A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Fit for purpose? (Epiphany 8A) Reflection accompanying image “flamingo” "Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out." Matthew 6:33 (The Message) "But strive first for the kingdom of God and his …
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present (Christmas A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas Present "She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel." (Luke 2:7) "Don't be afraid. I'm he…
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)