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Reflection: Impossibilities
Reflection: Impossibilities
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Impossibilities When Alice went Through the Looking Glass, the White Queen told her that in her youth she had managed to ‘believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’ She was an amateur when compared with Abram, or Abraham, as he’d become known when his…
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B) Reflection accompanying images “street performer with hoop of fire” "Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come" (Mark 13:33) As night falls in the centre of Nottingham a …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 2:4-13 Psalm 81:1,10-16 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). Those words could well be the axiom for the whole Bible. God never has left or forsaken the people who are his …
Darkness came over the land
Darkness came over the land
by Twelvebaskets and Andrew Pratt
A composition image created by Twelvebaskets Ltd Original 'Eclipse of the sun' by Andrew Pratt Original 'Silhouette of Cross' by Jo Fagan Image layering, blending and text by Twelvebaskets Ltd For details of composition images and accreditation see our Terms & Conditions Andrew P…
Monologue: ‘Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.’
Monologue: ‘Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.’
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: ‘Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.’ ‘Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.’ Really? Sounds like the beatitudes all over again to me! Cursed to be Blessed? Bad times turned to Good? Comfort? Might be for you! For me? What was that old song? 'Why does it al…
Mark The People's bible commentary - Alone on the Cross
Mark The People's bible commentary - Alone on the Cross
by BRF - Dick France
Alone on the Cross If to overhear Jesus praying in Gethsemane was to tread on holy ground, surely here we venture into the Holy of Holies, as we hear the only words of Jesus on the cross which Mark has recorded. Indeed, these are the only words of Jesus in this Gospel after his e…
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
clouds and glory - All Saints Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
All Saints’ Day Year A Sunday between 30 October and 5 November Glory to you, O Lord, from the whole company of heaven, from the saints in glory, from your people on earth. Father, we give you thanks that in the darkness of this world your saints shine. May we, with them, have a …
Job for Everyone - On Accepting Your Ignorance
Job for Everyone - On Accepting Your Ignorance
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Accepting Your Ignorance Job 38 16-38 In my seminary in England we once produced a dramatic version of the story of Job; I was the screenwriter, and one of my colleagues was the director. She wanted to have God appearing on stage during the dialogues between Job and his friend…
John The People's Commentary - One Man Must Die for the People
John The People's Commentary - One Man Must Die for the People
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
One Man Must Die for the People In a paradox typical of John, this chapter about giving life ends with the threat of death. In Chapter 9, Jesus took the blind man out of darkness to see the light, while the religious leaders went from seeing into self-imposed darkness…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (45) BITTER SWEET
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (45) BITTER SWEET
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(45)BITTER AND SWEET Like the prayer with sand and water, this form of prayer invites us to identify with one or other (or both) of the bitter or sweet experiences life brings us. The use of the sense of taste is a vivid reinforcement of the experience and adds vibrancy to our pr…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Drink Is a Brawler