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Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
Acts for Everyone part 1 - The New Family
by SPCK - N T Wright
A couple of years ago I took part in a charity walk. It was a sunny day, there were thousands of people taking part, and we went through some breathtaking scenery. We were put in several groups, with a few hundred setting off every few minutes. I was in the first group, and it wa…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 37. Unwelcome visitors
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 37. Unwelcome visitors
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 37. Unwelcome visitors Proverbs 3.24, 26a I worry. I wake in the middle of the night in a panic. All sorts of things rush into my barely awake brain, one after another, till there’s a flood of them and I can’t get back to sleep. Then I s…
Where would we be?
Where would we be?
by John Birch
An inspirational prayer touching on where we would be without God in our lives Where would we be without your light? Losing our way in darkness. Where would we be without your peace? Caught up in this world's wisdom.... Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) Pow…
The Living God - Seeing God in the events of history
The Living God - Seeing God in the events of history
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Which God Are We Talking About? 1 Seeing God in the events of history Universities are wonderful places for having arguments yet staying friends afterwards. A colleague and I were swapping views on God. He liked the idea of God he found in the writings of the seventeenth-century …
See God at work
See God at work
by Mark King
Activity sheet. Instructions: 1) Print this sheet on to BOTH sides of a sheet of paper 2) Carefully cut out the centre hole 3) Position in a suitable window, or place the sheet in a pocket for later use (in the field) 4) Observe WARNING - You may sometimes see scenes that disturb…
Hymn - Now is the judgment of the world
Hymn - Now is the judgment of the world
by Andrew Pratt
Now is the judgment of the world, the crisis that we face, the magnet of God's dying love, the choice of hate or grace. To move where God's attraction draws, to follow with the flow, to stand defiant, out of line, to stay, or yet to go. Verses 3-4 follow © Andrew Pratt 21/2/2012 …
The Pastoral Letters - Commands to Households
The Pastoral Letters - Commands to Households
by SPCK - N T Wright
Commands to Households Titus 2.1-10 I was at a meeting yesterday of the governors of a local school. The head teacher was presenting his annual report. With pardonable pride he described how the school choir had gone on a tour around three Canadian cities, singing in cathedrals, …
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
by Digistry
Four Mini Movies for Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B Holy Spirit - Call to Worship Based on Mark 1:4-11 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Creation - Reflection Based on Genesis 1:1-15 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Search for Me - Praise - Prayer Based on Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 Lectionary: Ordinary 2 B…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Jesus Prays for the Church
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Jesus Prays for the Church
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Jesus Prays for the Church ‘Jesus has prayed to return to the glory he shared with God his Father before the creation (17:1–5). He has also prayed for his disciples whom he will leave behind in the world, although they are not of the world; the key to this balancing act is found …
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
7 A Hymn for the Nameless By the late afternoon of September 2, 31 BCE, Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt had escaped the surrounding squadrons of Octavian and Agrippa, picked up Mark Antony from his abandoned flagship, and fled with him to Alexandria and double suicide…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Light in the Darkness