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Gazing on the Gospels year c - Proper 2 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Proper 2 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 2 Luke 6.17-26 Gaze on the waiting room in a busy hospital. Pale walls bear replica Monets and dull still lifes of sallow fruit, and these are meant to calm you somehow. Lino echoes with each nurse’s step. People sit around, some chatting quietly, others gaze ahead, each p…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Experience and the Critique of Tradition
The Women's Bible Commentary - Experience and the Critique of Tradition
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Experience and the Critique of Tradition It is interesting that Job’s outburst against his wife is the last thing he says for some time. Apparently not acknowledging the presence of the three friends who come to comfort him, Job sits in silence for seven days. When he finally spe…
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Intercessions - Advent 3 - Year C
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Intercessions - Advent 3 - Year C
by SPCK - Ian Black
Intercessions - Advent 3 - Year C Rejoice in the Lord always Sing aloud to God. Let us rejoice and give you thanks, O Lord, for you challenge and inspire your people. Make your Church expectant with your promise . . . As we rejoice in you, let your gentleness be known. Let us rej…
Psalms for Everyone - When the Knock Comes to Your Door
Psalms for Everyone - When the Knock Comes to Your Door
by SPCK - John Goldingay
When the Knock Comes to Your Door Psalm 64 I was just checking the U.S. State Department’s current travel warnings, a list of places where “long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to recommend that Americans avoid or co…
Psalms for Everyone - How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long?
Psalms for Everyone - How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long? Psalm 13 About the same time as the story I described in connection with Psalm 12, I had a dream or a vision—I’m not sure what it was. I was pushing Ann in her wheelchair across a bare plain toward the horizon. It was hard, but I had people…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 105:3, 25
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 105:3, 25
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 105:3, 25 Heart versus heart. The heart can fill up with love or hatred. The greatest challenge for the heart filling up with love is to encounter another whose empty heart fills up with hatred, especially when the focus of the bitterness is love itself...
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8 There is a chain-reaction in our reading from Romans this week. In Paul’s letter, he tells us to rejoice in our sufferings (Romans 5:3). There are many reasons…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:97-104 2nd Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Christians are called to a lifetime of patience, devotion, faith and unrelenting prayer. In the parable of the persistent widow, Jesus’ message regarding prayer is t…
LWPT Meditations - Christmas Day - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Christmas Day - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Christmas Day Yr A Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:8-20 I have often wondered what it was about the infant Jesus that so inspired the shepherds who were his first visitors. Women are traditionally fascinated by babies, gazing at them, cooing over them and talking nonsense to the…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 9 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 9 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 9 Isaiah 66.10–14 Galatians 6.1–16 Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 Luke 8—10 sets out a very interesting mission strategy. In chapter 8, Jesus himself goes through towns and villages, curing people, and gathering huge crowds to hear his stories and see his miracles. Then in chapter 9,…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Third Sunday of Advent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Third Sunday of Advent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3.14–20 Philippians 4.4–7 Luke 3.7–18 The new lectionary has hardly begun, and I fear I am going to grumble about it as I did about its predecessor. How will people ever learn that the Bible and its message are politically relevant – that the …
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Difficult Visit to Nazareth