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A Bit Like Jesus - Humility and justice
A Bit Like Jesus - Humility and justice
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 6 Humility Humility and justice He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, wa…
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector One man stands and prays aloud, very conscious of the crowd. ‘I’m so good you won’t believe it. Hear my prayer, God, and receive it. I’m the one who lives by rules, not like thieves, adulterers, fools. Look at that man cowering there. Can …
Drama - Audience with the Boss
Drama - Audience with the Boss
by Kit Walkham
Modern setting of the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector (Luike 18v9-14). Nervous Rita, about confess to fraud, and thrusting executive Hugh, full of his new plans, take advantage of the boss's open door policy. Cast 2F, 2M - could vary with minor amendments. This item…
Two men went to pray:Meditation
Two men went to pray:Meditation
by Phil Nevard
A meditation/prayer on the story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector at prayer using the old song "One man went to mow" Can be used for two voices – or one voice. The refrain can be sung to the tune “one man went to mow” – by the leader or by the congregation or it can be spoke…
How God Became King - 1b The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime
How God Became King - 1b The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime Come forward about fifteen years from that early experience. In my late twenties, out of the blue, I was asked to give a Bible exposition to the student Christian Union at Cambridge…
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 - 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;…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 25 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 25 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 25 Luke 18: 9-14 Gaze on the people in church each Sunday; think about why you kneel (if you do), and how it makes you feel. These days we no longer kneel to others, for it is a physical way of expressing humility, and acknowledging dependency...
Luke for Everyone - Jesus and the Pharisee
Luke for Everyone - Jesus and the Pharisee
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and the Pharisee Luke 14.1-11 Luke’s gospel has more meal-time scenes than all the others. If his vision of the Christian life, from one point of view, is a journey, from another point of view it’s a party. Several stories end with a festive meal – like, for instance, the p…
Monologue/Reflection Perfume
Monologue/Reflection Perfume
by Sue Brown
In the home of simon the Pharisee. Perfume Early evening in the small Galilean town As I walk to Simon’s house. Simon the Pharisee: a good man, and an important one. People look up to him; he’s influential and uses that influence to help others. I feel a slight thrill: Simon is h…
Monologue: Thoughts of a Pharisee
Monologue: Thoughts of a Pharisee
by David John Woodman
The monologue "Thoughts of a Pharisee" can be used separately or with the following talk & challenge. It is based on Lent 2 year C readings from Luke 13:31-35 (Monologue) & Phillipians 3:17-4:1 (Challenge). Thoughts of a Pharisee considering if he did what was right in telling Je…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 23 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 23 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 23 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 22: 1-14 Gaze on the one character in this story who has nothing to say: the bridegroom. He’s dressed in all his finery, proud and anxious, for tomorrow is his big day when he’ll meet his bride, possibly for the first time. The banquet is …
Confounded
Confounded
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Confounded Proper 24 year A Matthew 22: 15-22 All he needed was a coin to confound their connivance. Pharisees would not show their faces, so sent their disciples to distract him and the Herodians to harrass him. But malice and menace was their motive and entrapment was the…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Ananias and Saul
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Ananias and Saul
by SPCK - N T Wright
Ananias and Saul Acts 9.11-19a As the concert progressed, I watched the different players in the orchestra. There at the back sat a man who looked very, very bored. In fact, he disappeared for about half an hour at one point. (There are stories of musicians turning up in bars nea…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and Moses
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and Moses
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and Moses John 5.39-47 You can see it in a class at school. You can see it in a sports team. You can see it in an army barracks. You can see it, in fact, almost anywhere where a peer group builds up and gathers momentum despite the best efforts of those in charge. The boys …
LWPT Meditations - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C