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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The game with minutes
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The game with minutes
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The game with minutes “Disillusioned by all our other efforts, we now see that the only hope left for the human race is to become like Christ.” That is the statement of a famous scientist, and is being repeated among ever more educators, statesmen, and philosophers. Yet Christ ha…
Intercessions - I want to serve
Intercessions - I want to serve
by Jane Bingham
Intercessions for use alongside “I want to serve the purpose of God” Lord we pray for our world broken by war and conflict. Conscious of people living without homes, water and food whilst we have all we need. Conscious of people facing war just along the road from their village r…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday Before Lent Proverbs 8.1, 22–31 Colossians 1.15–20 John 1.1–14 Eyebrows will be raised at the reappearance of John’s prologue so soon after Christmas. But our surprise at the lectionary’s turns and twists is nothing to that launched upon the world by John’s fa…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 10 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 10 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 10 Mark 6: 14-29 Gaze on all the Herods of this world and all the gratuitous violence they unleash. Gaze on all the ethnic cleansing that has gone on down the ages – innocents massacred, women raped and the elderly displaced, staring at us every day from our newspapers, dr…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Easter John 20.19-31 Gaze on Jesus. He looks exhausted and worn out, as if he’s been on a long journey. But there is no mistake, it is certainly him. He’s appeared when he was least expected. Gaze on the disciples, nervous and jittery. What a state the discip…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 21 Ezekiel 18.1–4, 25–32 Philippians 2.1–13 Matthew 21.23–32 ‘Don’t forget the bring-and-buy sale next week; the ladies’ group will meet on Thursday to continue their excellent work on the worn-out hassocks; and by the way, don…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Christ the King Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Christ the King Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Christ the King Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1.4b-8 John 18.33b-37 The ‘Feast of Christ the King’ was invented by Pius XI in 1925. Only in 1970 was it moved from October to the last Sunday before Advent. It slid into Anglicanism very recently, introducing three muddles. First,…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Last Sunday After Trinity Deuteronomy 34.1–12 1 Thessalonians 2.1–8 Matthew 22.34–46 Like a bored videotape-watcher, the lectionary suddenly presses the fast-forward button, skipping three-fifths of the Pentateuch and stopping only just in time for the death of the hero. Mose…
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God
by Diane Brennan
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in t…
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
God of wrath, God of Love
God of wrath, God of Love
by Colin Smith
Wrath is very much an uncomfortable characteristic of God. Yet it occurs frequently in both the Old and New testaments, This reflection/short (532 words) examines this aspect of his character and suggests it arises from his deep love, making it much easier to understand and accep…
Christ is the human face of God
Christ is the human face of God
by Michael Docker
Christ is the human face of God - First born of all God made; This is the truth; all who are flawed Proclaim it unafraid; All things in Him, seen and unseen, Were made; all that has ever been. Christ is the Head, Christ is the first, And Christ will come to be; This truth will al…
God above us, God beyond us
God above us, God beyond us
by Michael Docker
God above us, God beyond us, God as close as our next breath, God in Jesus living, dying, Overcoming pain and death. Jesus rising, Jesus rising Jesus lifting all we are From the depths of hate and violence To God’s realm so near, so far. Broken hearts, bewildered spirits; Earthly…
Hear as the prophet rails and cries