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friends, FOES and families - But we have the mind of Christ
friends, FOES and families - But we have the mind of Christ
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
But we have the mind of Christ 1 Corinthians 1—2; Luke 6, 12 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Corinthians 1.20)...
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus Prays for His People
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus Prays for His People
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Prays for His People John 17.9-19 In the newspapers recently a mother was punished by the courts. She had left her two young children entirely by themselves, while she went off for a foreign holiday with her new boyfriend. (The father, it seems, was nowhere to be found.) It…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17.20-26 Gaze on the disciples, trudging down the hillside after the Ascension, overwhelmed by the shock of losing the presence of Jesus yet again. Will absence make the heart grow fonder, or will it be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’? Some…
Job for Everyone - Pastoral Care That Makes the Sufferer's Position Worse
Job for Everyone - Pastoral Care That Makes the Sufferer's Position Worse
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Pastoral Care That Makes the Sufferer’s Position Worse Job 33 1-33 A woman came to see me a little while ago to talk about an occasion when she had been given pastoral care by some people, and she said the occasion had left her disturbed for years. I knew her to be an intelligent…
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Tuesday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Tuesday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
LENT - Tuesday Morning Prayer Blessed be God, Provider and Sustainer. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert...
the greatest prayer - Prologue The Strangest Prayer
the greatest prayer - Prologue The Strangest Prayer
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
PROLOGUE The Strangest Prayer The Lord’s Prayer is Christianity’s greatest prayer. It is also Christianity’s strangest prayer. It is prayed by all Christians, but it never mentions Christ. It is prayed in all churches, but it never mentions church. It is prayed on all Sundays, bu…
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus and Healing: The New Creation
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus and Healing: The New Creation
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
10 Jesus and Healing I wonder if you’ve ever played any part in healing somebody. Have you ever had a role in helping somebody become whole? I don’t mean ‘Have you ever performed a miracle?’ as much as ‘Do you think in terms of healing and behave as if healing were possible?’ Do …
Surprising God you come in peace
Surprising God you come in peace
by Andrew Pratt
Surprising God you come in peace, in answer to our prayer, when all is lost, when friends are gone, we find that you are there. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: WILTSHIRE Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 21/3/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please…
GOSPEL WORDS - Give us Today
GOSPEL WORDS - Give us Today
by Alan M Barker
Combine Harvester in wheat - Lincolnshire ‘Scriptures and additional materials quoted are from the Good News Bible © 1994 published by the Bible Societies/HarperCollins Publishers Ltd UK, Good News Bible © American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992. Used with permission
A Dead Sect
A Dead Sect
by Roger Johnson
Evangelism Bulletin 266 – A Dead Sect? John Wesley famously said, ‘I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist… But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be…
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…
Until the Tide Turns - A poem by David Adam