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Recovering from Depression - The process of recovery
Recovering from Depression - The process of recovery
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
The process of recovery The early days What happens when a man suffers a heart attack while at work, or a girl is knocked off her bike as she cycles to college? Probably someone will call the emergency services and paramedics will be sent out followed by an ambulance. There will …
GOD's rich Pattern - Personal cost
GOD's rich Pattern - Personal cost
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Personal cost The success of our second holiday home was at a personal cost. Ralph became increasingly anxious, never wanting to socialize. My home was becoming more and more of a prison, as I hardly went outside the door. I tried to motivate Ralph, but to no avail. All he was in…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 107:12 The disease of this heart is down to rebelling ‘against the words of the Lord’ and lightly regarding ‘the counsel of the most Highest’ (v. 11). Although God is infinitely long-suffering and compassionate this should not be confused with indifference to disobedience…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 John 1: 43-51 There are some very exciting words spoken by Philip in today’s gospel passage; “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the so…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' Genealogy
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' Genealogy
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus’ Genealogy Matthew 1.1-17 In Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest, the hero is asked about his family background, and is forced to confess that he had lost both his parents. He had been found, as a tiny baby, in a handbag. The indignation that greets these rev…
LWPT Meditations - Mothering Sunday
LWPT Meditations - Mothering Sunday
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - Mothering Sunday Luke 2: 33-35 It is that word “too” that grabs my attention and clutches at my heart every time I read these verses. “And a sword will pierce your own soul too.” (v 33) I imagine Mary and Joseph, the proud and happy parents with their tiny baby, only…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - The Story Retold :Conclusions
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - The Story Retold :Conclusions
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL (ii) The Continuous Story (e) The Story Retold: Conclusions This brief summary of multiple retellings of Israel’s story as a whole or in par…
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Friday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Friday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
CHRISTMAS - Friday Evening Prayer RHYTHMS of Remembering O marvellous exchange! You who came to be with us are now at work to draw us to yourself. Today Christ is born, today a Saviour has appeared; today on earth angels are singing, today they cry out and say, Glory to God in th…
Still Caring - Be Prepared
Still Caring - Be Prepared
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
5 Be prepared At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. (Matthew 25.1) We often battle on too long, so a crisis erupts and our loved one suddenly needs to be admitted to residential care. When this happen…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Imperial Cult from Tiberius to Nero
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Imperial Cult from Tiberius to Nero
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 4. The Religion of Empire (iii) Imperial Cult from Tiberius to Nero Tiberius was now ‘son of god’: son of the divine Augustus. I have on my desk, as I write this, a denarius of the kind they showed to Jesus not long before hi…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Resistance to Empire: the Jews
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Resistance to Empire: the Jews
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 5. Resistance to Empire: the Jews Resistance to Roman rule was natural and widespread, from western Spain to far-off Parthia.299 Some attempts at resistance were startlingly successful, like the German destruction of three le…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 15 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 15 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 15 1 Kings 2.10-12; 3.3-14 Ephesians 5.15-20 John 6.51-58 A glance at the bits of 1 Kings 1—3 which are not read in this sequence will explain why Solomon so desperately needed wisdom. His father’s victories, though remarkable, could not be relied on for long-term security…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - The Story Retold : After AD 70