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Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Tenants
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Tenants
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Tenants Luke 20.9-19 One of the most dramatic scenes ever to take place in the British House of Commons occurred in January 1642. King Charles I went in person to the House to try to arrest five Members of Parliament who had opposed him. The Speaker of the Hous…
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Good Samaritan
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Good Samaritan Luke 10.25-37 The best-known stories are sometimes the hardest to understand. ‘The good Samaritan’ has passed into folklore, and has succeeded, confusingly, in changing the meaning of the word ‘Samaritan’ itself in modern English. There is now a …
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Shepherd and the Sheep
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Shepherd and the Sheep
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Shepherd and the Sheep John 10.11-18 I was talking to a friend who had been in business most of his life. ‘The trouble with so many business leaders today’, he said, ‘is that they’re only in it for their own quick profit. Once people were really concerned about making somethi…
Drama - A Fair result
Drama - A Fair result
by Kit Walkham
A modern interpretation of the parable of the unjust judge and persistent widow. Three characters - written for women, but easily adapted. A fair result, by Kit Walkham Characters: Melissa (celebrity), Sandy (showjumper), Janine (reporter). Could be adapted for any or all to be…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Sower Matthew 13.1-9 We stood on the shore of the Sea of Galilee on a spring morning. The bus was up by the road, and we had walked down, several dozen of us, to where the lake was glistening in the sunshine. It was peaceful and still. The ground slopes up stee…
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Prodigal Son (part1)
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Prodigal Son (part1)
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parables of the Prodigal: The Father and the Younger Son Luke 15.11-24 We might think that the parable of the prodigal son, as it’s usually known, hardly needs an introduction. It has inspired artists and writers down the years. Rembrandt’s famous painting, with the younger s…
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager Luke 16.1-9 She came up to me after the service and demanded to know what it meant. This passage had been read as the second lesson, while the first had been a prophetic denunciation (from Ezekiel 18, I think) of all kinds of sins, including the …
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Great Banquet
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Great Banquet
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Great Banquet Luke 14.12-24 Once, many years ago, I preached a sermon on this passage. I emphasized the extraordinary way in which Jesus tells his hearers to do something that must have been as puzzling then as it is now. Don’t invite friends, relatives and nei…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 If the parable of the Rich Fool has ever been relevant before, it is certainly painfully relevant now that we are in the midst of a financial crisis. Do you remember the fall of North…
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 In the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13 v 24-30, 23-24) an enemy sowed weeds amongst the wheat of a farmer’s crop. It is generally believed that the weeds referred to are darnel – a poisonous gr…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Matthew 20: 1-16 The parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20 v 1-16) addresses a very common and understandable human reaction to the gospel; it is not fair. What was going on in this vineyard was certainly unfair. Some me…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Exodus 32: 1-14 Psalm 106: 1-6, 19-23 Matthew 22: 1-14 I was seven years old when I first heard the story of the golden calf (Exodus 32 v 1-14). It was not until I was grown up, however, and read the account for myself in the Bible, …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 17 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 17 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 17 Jeremiah 2.4–13 Hebrews 13.1–8, 15–16 Luke 14.1, 7–14 Don’t sit at the top table, declares Jesus; start at the bottom and see what happens. If this is a parable, as Luke says, it isn’t advice about behaviour at dinner parties. In Luke’s wider context, its meaning is cog…
Luke for Everyone - the King, the Servants and the Money
Luke for Everyone - the King, the Servants and the Money
by SPCK - N T Wright
The King, the Servants and the Money Luke 19.11-27 King Richard I reigned over England from 1189 to 1199. For most of the first half of his reign he was abroad, fighting in the Crusades; then, as he made his way home, he was captured and imprisoned. During his absence, his brothe…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Creation Asserts Itself
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Creation Asserts Itself
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Creation Asserts Itself Genesis 3: 1-3 A talking snake? But this is a parable, remember. In Julia Bolden’s version of the story, the tempter is a parrot, and God’s ban concerns television; Adam and Eve are not to watch the good and- bad-knowledge channel. A parrot flies in throug…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Lent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Lent Luke 13.31-35 Gaze on Jerusalem today, in greater need than ever of her children being gathered together in harmony. It is a city divided between Jew and Muslim, Jew and Christian, with no-go areas armed by guns. Churches are locked. Doubt and suspicion …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 20 Year C