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Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year A
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year A Let me explain Matthew 1: 18-25 Dinner had been a tense, quiet, affair and Joseph could stand it no longer; Mary was definitely avoiding eye contact with him; something was wrong. ‘Mary. What’s the matter? Have I done something wrong? You …
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A A combined planter and harvester John 4: 5-42 Is that a Samaritan woman Jesus appears to be talking to? A pretty unsavoury character I would think if she’s come for water at this time of day. She’s seen us coming and she’s off like shot, so …
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Lent Year A Salvation by ritual? John 3: 1-17 It was all beyond me! I thought I understood; I’ve studied the scriptures all my life, I’ve taught others how to interpret them, I’ve shown them what God requires and how they should live; but when I saw Jes…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A A new fishing boat? Matthew 4: 12-23 There was something about John’s message that just couldn’t be ignored; I was a sinner, and so was everyone else; it hurt my pride… and most everyone else’s too, but it was true. So it came as no g…
meditation - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
meditation - 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A I wanted to talk to Jesus today Matthew 5: 1-12 I want my life to change. I’m no good. Life’s been hard over the last few months. I’ve made so little time for God. I’m almost too embarrassed to pray, my faith is so weak, and when I …
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Come and meet the Messiah! John 1: 29-42 Yes Simon, I know I’m late, and yes I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you mend the nets, but Simon, you know I said ‘If this Jesus is going to do what John says he will, then I want to be part o…
A Bit Like Jesus - The faith of a Gentile
A Bit Like Jesus - The faith of a Gentile
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith The faith of a Gentile When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him and saying, ‘Lord, my servant is lying at home paralysed, in terrible distress.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and cure him.’ The centurion answered, ‘Lord, I am not worthy…
A Bit Like Jesus - Faithfulness
A Bit Like Jesus - Faithfulness
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith Faithfulness A doctor friend was asked to produce a set of bullet points for a patient fact sheet about healthy living. He included the obvious candidates: Don’t smoke; Drink and eat moderately; Take exercise; and so forth. Then he playfully added two final bullet po…
A Bit Like Jesus - Family Stories
A Bit Like Jesus - Family Stories
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Family Stories Stories are particularly important for families. We tell and retell stories about where and when we were born, about holidays shared, about birthday and Christmas parties enjoyed long ago, about grandparents and great-grandparents no longer …
Meditation - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B He couldn’t do it Mark 10: 17-31 I haven’t seen many rich men as humble as that one; He ran up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him. That’s a rare thing for a rich man to do, Fall on his knees in front of a homeless itinerant p…
Meditation - Sunday Before Advent Year C
Meditation - Sunday Before Advent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Advent Year C What is truth? John 18: 33-37 Revelation 1: 4b-8 God of Grace, Moving heaven and earth For love of a fallen race... Created by David Middleton on behalf of LWPT (Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust) for more information click here.
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year A
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 3rd Sunday of Easter Time Year A He Walked out on death Luke 24: 13-35 It promised to be a long hard road to Emmaus: The events of the past few days had taken their toll, we were tired, confused and thoroughly depressed. A stranger joined us and despite our best effor…
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 5th Sunday in Lent Year A Why am I wrapped like a corpse? John 11: 1-45 ‘If only Jesus had been in Judea’, they lamented ‘our brother Lazarus would still be alive now not lying there cold in his tomb surrounded by all this crying and wailing.’ Mary and Martha had sen…
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation- 4th Sunday in Lent Year A Destiny’s Child Luke 2: 33-35 We can’t imagine life without our little bundle of joy! Mary has taken to motherhood like a fish takes to water; Oh don’t get me wrong, we still have our moments, it’s not like everything is perfect, it was boun…
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Transformed for eternity Luke 20: 27-38 We realised the Sadducees were trying to trick Jesus, and that they didn’t believe in resurrection at all, so we were annoyed by their impertinence. But even so, it was one of those little ques…
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C A Justified Sinner Luke 18: 9-14 Jesus became frustrated soon after we arrived in Jericho, with the self-confident and self-righteous people he was meeting. Finally it all came to a head, and Jesus started telling one of his stories;…
Meditation - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Touching the untouchable Luke 19: 1-10 He was a collaborator, that’s what everyone was saying: He was devout and highly influential … in the Roman tax collecting business at least. But he was a collaborator, that’s what he was, a tra…
Meditation - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C