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Forgiveness
Forgiveness
by Pam Webster
Psalm 32 - Forgiveness From the reality of knowing our lives, the only place to turn is God. From an awareness of where we are, we can come to him and know his forgiveness, his safety, his strength. How amazing it is to know God’s forgiveness, to know that the things we have got…
Poem: The Prince of Peace
Poem: The Prince of Peace
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The Prince of Peace Peace in a baby who lies in a manger. Peace through the parents who welcome each stranger. Peace, though a child is in imminent danger. Peace from the Prince of Peace. Peace for the shepherds who ran down to greet him. Peace for the Magi, come, star-led,…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Audacity of Hope
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Audacity of Hope
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Audacity of Hope Genesis 5: 21-32 At a lunch the weekend after Tony Blair became British prime minister in 1997, I was talking with a woman at our table. The event had reminded me of the election of Harold Wilson’s government in Britain in 1964, and I had been thinking of the…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The First Sunday of Christmas Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The First Sunday of Christmas Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Christmas - Year A Isaiah 63: 7-9 Hebrews 2: 10-18 Matthew 12: 13-23 More Isaianic translation problems. Fortunately here the meaning is not in doubt. ‘In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them’? – or is it ‘He became t…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2d Destruction of destructive powers
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2d Destruction of destructive powers
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Destruction of destructive powers I am now going to turn back from chapters 8 and 9 to chapter 3, because I want to ask where the Church stands in all of this. I turn especially to the warning to the church in Laodicea:…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 6 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 6 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 6 Exodus 19.2–8a Romans 5.1–8 Matthew 9.35—10.8 Christians know that, through the work of God in Christ, made real to them by the Holy Spirit, the world is a different place. We are, to use Paul’s characteristic phrase, ‘justif…
Do Something
Do Something
by Kate Abbott
A faceless prayer from a believer as she sits in the city. Words of prayer are as follows: I could sit here for hours Lord, Sit and watch,and wait and learn. See the people as they pass me wonder what they are thinking, where they're going, who they have left at home, who they d…
Rest in green pastures
Rest in green pastures
by Judith Mbaabu
Psalm 23:2 on image background 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 are…
Jeremiah for everyone - Your Marriage Isn't Your Own