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Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - The Sundays before Lent
Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - The Sundays before Lent
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
4 The Sundays before Lent Exploring the text The readings for the Sundays before Lent are, with one exception, taken from the first of Matthew’s five narratives and discourses, which we noted in the Introduction to this book (see pp. 7–8). In fact, they are taken from the most fa…
Poem: If you have faith
Poem: If you have faith
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: If you have faith If you have enough faith to trust the bus driver to get you safely to your destination: if you have enough faith to believe that your train will eventually arrive in the station: if you can trust the bakery to make your daily bread fresh and edible and can…
A Bit Like Jesus - Practise what you preach
A Bit Like Jesus - Practise what you preach
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Practise what you preach Those who regularly deliver sermons in church should live in fear of this proverb. It might have been designed for us. Do we really live up to what we preach? A common factor in many of the uses of the word ‘hypocrite’ in the first thre…
The Lord and His Prayer - The Power and the Glory
The Lord and His Prayer - The Power and the Glory
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Power and the Glory CHAPTER SIX ‘In those days,’ says Luke, ‘there went out a decree from the Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.’ These words have become so well known, through constant repetition in carol services, that we may perhaps be forgiven for n…
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Be careful you don’t fall Standing on high moral ground is not necessarily an achievement; more like providing a target to be knocked over by personal self-righteous pomposity. Time after time, those who have claimed to be above God’s law, or to have no recognition of its e…
Poem: Armour
Poem: Armour
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Armour Flak jackets and body armour, protective helmets and rocket launchers may be essentials in personal protection in war zones today, but most of us – thankfully – will never need to use them. Not in the business of coping with living and dealing with people we meet eve…
Icon - The names of Jesus
Icon - The names of Jesus
by Tim Pillinger
An attempt to produce a focus on ways Jesus describes himself. From the top, moving left to right - the door (Luke 13:24), the way (John 14:6) , the true vine (John 15:1), the Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1:8), the light of the world (John 8:12), The bread of life (John 6:48) , t…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - In The Presence of God
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - In The Presence of God
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF JESUS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD Matthew 1: 25-30 I remember attending a memorial service to honour one of the world’s great sportsmen. Colin Cowdrey was one of the greatest cricketers of all time; not quite cricket’s Babe Ruth, but not …
Hymn: The warning went unheeded
Hymn: The warning went unheeded
by Andrew Pratt
The warning went unheeded, that power corrupts and fires a need for domination, that wealth and fear conspires to elevate the powerful, to subjugate the poor, that those who have most riches will always look for more. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: AURELIA Metre: 7.6.7.6 D Andrew Prat…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Sunday Next Before Lent Exodus 34.29–35 2 Corinthians 3.12—4.2 Luke 9.28–36 Today’s lectionary readings give us the rare chance to see one biblical author doing a thorough exegesis of another. In the passage from 2 Corinthians, Paul is referring directly to today’s reading fr…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday Holy Week Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday Holy Week Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
OLY WEEK: WEDNESDAY . Matthew 26.57–75 When I first lived in London, I already knew four or five parts of the city quite well. I knew Westminster itself, with the Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, and the roads leading up to Buckingham Palace. I knew the areas around the big crick…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: First Week in Lent Year A