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John for Everyone part 2 - The Burial of Jesus
John for Everyone part 2 - The Burial of Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Burial of Jesus John 19.38-42 The camel was called Michael. He stood, with his owner, outside the walls of Jerusalem. Our day’s tour was over, and one member of the party at least was keen to do something different. I went with her to speak to the camel’s owner, one of the ma…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Unexpected Coming Matthew 24.36-44 It was a fine Saturday afternoon in the heat of summer. The family, some on holiday from work, were relaxing in the house and the garden. Books and magazines were lying around the place, along with coffee mugs, newspapers and packets of bisc…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Good Shepherd
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Good Shepherd
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Good Shepherd John 10.1-10 We stood on the cliffs and watched as the mother birds swooped in from the sea with mouthfuls of fish. There, below us, were thousands, probably tens of thousands, of young birds, all waiting eagerly, all screaming their peculiar cry. They were all …
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Snake and the Love of God
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Snake and the Love of God
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Snake and the Love of God John 3.14-21 ‘And mind you watch out for snakes!’ My wife gave me a final warning before I set off into the hills. The footpaths had been closed for several months because of a widespread and infectious animal disease. Many creatures that normally ke…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 3 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 3 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 3 Mark 2.1-12 Gaze on the man lying on the stretcher. He is beyond taking any action on his own behalf. He is so paralysed and weak that he has lost all control over his choices. Gaze on his stiff and useless limbs. Gaze on the hope deep in his eyes. Perhaps he has been …
Luke for Everyone - Jesus Before Pilate and Herod
Luke for Everyone - Jesus Before Pilate and Herod
by SPCK - N T Wright
Peter Denies Jesus Luke 23.1-12 Many plays, many novels, and many real-life episodes reach a climax when two people, long separated, come together at last, for good or ill. ‘We meet at last, Mr Bond!’ declares the villain with an ugly smile, believing he finally has the secret ag…
Revelation for Everyone - Jesus Revealed
Revelation for Everyone - Jesus Revealed
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Revealed Revelation 1.9-20 Some years ago there was an eclipse of the sun. These things happen rarely enough, and to witness it is a great experience. But staring at the sun, as it slips behind the moon and then emerges the other side, is dangerous. If you look through bino…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Lord of the Sabbath
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Lord of the Sabbath
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12.1-14 Some years ago I read a book by a man who had worked most of his life with poor and homeless people in one of the toughest parts of London. It was a gritty tale of just how hard real life can be for some people – and of how the love of God can …
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Desolating Sacrilege
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Desolating Sacrilege
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Desolating Sacrilege Matthew 24.15-28 In many countries, one of the things children look forward to is going away to a summer camp. The weather is warm, there is swimming and boating, there are old friends and new ones, there are songs round a campfire, there are sports and g…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Mind of the Messiah
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Mind of the Messiah
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Mind of the Messiah When people in the ancient world thought of heroic leaders, rulers and kings they often thought of Alexander the Great (356–323 BC). At the age of 20 he succeeded his father Philip to the throne of Macedonia, quickly made himself master of all Greece, and …
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Sower Explained Matthew 13.18-23 I stood still, puzzled. There was a high hedge to my right, and another one to my left. And now there was a third high hedge straight in front of me. The grass was flattened down in this small space. Clearly lots of other people…
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Learn from the Poor Psalm 41: 1-12 As we arrived at church on Sunday, a homeless man named Alex who sometimes comes to church was sitting in the shade of the parish hall, drawing on a cigarette as he waited for the time of the service. During the service we read the story …
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - On Sacred Inefficiency
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - On Sacred Inefficiency
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Sacred Inefficiency Deuteronomy 24: 1-22 Just once in my life I had to give someone the sack because we needed to economize in the seminary and we saw a post we could terminate without too much loss to the enterprise’s efficiency. The person had worked for the seminary for man…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 1st Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Opinion is divided regarding the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Is it an account of heaven and hell? Or is it a lesson about wealth and poverty? Its context within Luke’s gospe…
Hymn: Not so funny, yet he chuckled
Hymn: Not so funny, yet he chuckled
by Andrew Pratt
Not so funny, yet he chuckled, this was not the time he’d planned, in his nineties, got his pension, soon to be a family man! Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SHIPSTON Metre: 8 7 8 7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 7/2/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Pleas…
Luke for Everyone - Further Warnings