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Meditation - Easter Day Year C
Meditation - Easter Day Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Easter Day Year C A glimmer of hope Luke 24: 1-12 I never imagined they would believe us, not for a minute. A handful of emotional, distraught women, mourning the loss of someone so dear. A harrowing weekend, two nights of lost sleep and a very early morning later, n…
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C Is it you Lord? John 21: 1-19 How could they not recognise him? They had been with him for three years. Day and night he had been the centre of their lives. He was their best friend and their teacher... Created by David Middleton on behalf…
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Consolation We, who never met Jesus as a man; never sat at his feet to listen to his teaching; never had the chance to ask him a question; never felt his personal touch of healing; never heard one of his stories from his own lips; never witnessed his attacks on t…
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning He told them he was going. He warned them in advance. He said, ‘I will be leaving you.’ He said, ‘I’m telling you these things because you will understand. Others won’t. You love and understand me. They don’t.’ And they didn’t either. D…
Poem: Mary Magdalene
Poem: Mary Magdalene
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Mary Magdalene My name is Mary, common enough in my time to need to be identified by place, or family. Mine is such a name. They call me the Magdalene. People call me other names. Some claim I was a prostitute, perhaps because the town whose name I bear is famous for that t…
Poem: A strange new day
Poem: A strange new day
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: A strange new day This is the day when perfume remained unopened, spices were no longer needed, cloths and sponges were unused. This is the day when stone was no barrier, soldiers abandoned guard duty, grave clothes and tomb were empty. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
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 - Sunday before Lent Year A
Meditation - Sunday before Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Lent Year A The World of Jesus Matthew 17: 1-9 Jesus said ‘Don’t tell anyone till after my resurrection’: We didn’t know what he meant at the time, but it all came flooding back when Mary just burst into the room and said, ‘Jesus is alive! He’s risen fr…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Burial of Jesus
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Burial of Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Burial of Jesus Matthew 27.57-66 I was never much good at chess, but I have from time to time played against some reasonably good players and I remember what it felt like. There was always a point, usually quite early on, when I simply wouldn’t understand what they were doing…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Reaches Athens
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Reaches Athens
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul Reaches Athens Acts 17.10-21 There seems to be an increasing fashion in the sporting world, especially in sports that originated in Europe, for ‘World Cup’ contests, and similar events organized in geographical regions. Unless you are a very avid sports fan, these events see…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 17 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 17 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 17 Ecclesiasticus 10.12–18 Hebrews 13.1–8, 15, 16 Luke 14.1, 7–14 In this central section of Luke’s Gospel it feels as though Jesus is in a kind of first-century Big Brother. Everything he does and says is being critically watched, sifted, grafted into other people’s fan…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Unexpected Coming Matthew 24.36-44 It was a fine Saturday afternoon in the heat of summer. The family, some on holiday from work, were relaxing in the house and the garden. Books and magazines were lying around the place, along with coffee mugs, newspapers and packets of bisc…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Before Abraham, "I Am"
John for Everyone Part 1 - Before Abraham, "I Am"
by SPCK - N T Wright
Before Abraham, “I Am” John 8.48-59 Abraham lived roughly as long before Jesus as Jesus did before us. Speaking of them as in any sense contemporaries conjures up images of time travel, such as has been made famous in the world of science fiction since at least H. G. Wells and Ju…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - A Stumble with a Purpose