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Reflection/poem: Psalm 29
Reflection/poem: Psalm 29
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/poem: Psalm 29 Never did like thunder. Someone told me that thunderbolts could get in through open windows, so our windows were shut tight during storms. Someone else fed me horror stories about lightning setting houses on fire and the noise of thunder causing heart at…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 2 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 2 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Sunday between 10 and 16 February inclusive (if earlier than the Second Sunday before Lent) Deuteronomy 30. 15-20 or Ecclesiasticus 15. 15-20: Ps. 119. 1-8 : 1 Corinthians 3. 1- 9: Matthew 5. 21-37 Enfold us, Lord, in your love, surround us with your peace, encircle us with your …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 3 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 3 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Sunday between 17 and 23 February inclusive (if earlier than the Second Sunday before Lent) Leviticus 19. 1-2, 9-18 : Ps. 119. 33-40 : 1 Corinthians 3. 10-11, 16-23 : Matthew 5. 38-48 Lord, in the clouds and darkness of this world, grant us a glimpse of your glory, that we may se…
The Act of Prayer Year B - Trinity Sunday Year B
The Act of Prayer Year B - Trinity Sunday Year B
by BRF - John Birch
Trinity Sunday Year B Opening prayer As we join in worship today, let us spend a moment in quietness. Listen to the noises coming from outside this building— people talking, vehicles going by and maybe an aeroplane passing overhead….
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Epiphany Isaiah 9.1-4: Ps. 27.1 [2-3]4-9: 1 Corinthians 1. 10-18: Matthew 4.12-23 Lord God, you are almighty; in your great power renew, refresh, restore us, that we may live and work to your praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord who is alive and rei…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 1 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 1 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Sunday between 3 and 9 February inclusive (if earlier than the Second Sunday before Lent) Isaiah 58. 1-9a [b-12] : Ps. 112. 1-9 [10] : 1 Corinthians 2.1-12 [13-16] : Matthew 5. 13-20 God of grace, God of glory, guide us by your goodness, that we may walk in your ways, seek to do …
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7. 10-16 : Ps. 80. 1-7 [17-19] : Romans 1. 1-7: Matthew 1. 18-25 Opening Prayer, Prayer of Intercession, The Peace and The Blessing. In the church that looks for you, among the people who proclaim you, with all who seek to serve you, among all w…
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23 Psalm 23 The Lord is our shepherd: we shall not be in want. When life is rushed and hectic and there’s never enough time for all we have to do: Lord speak to us of green fields and still waters and calm our souls. When we are tempted into the e…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Devotions - Silence and Stillness
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Devotions - Silence and Stillness
by SPCK - Ian Black
Two Devotional Prayers entitled Still my restless heart, O God and Silence into God. Still my restless heart, O God, that I may breathe your love. Still my restless mind, O God, that I may hear you speak... In stilled silence I wait on God. The silence of eternity to enfold me. …
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/Blessing: In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing Second Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 13 In the days when questions are insistent, but there are no answers, God will listen patiently. In the days when guilt is strong, but nothing can be changed, God will unde…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16.9–15 Revelation 21.10, 22—22.5 John 14.23–29 No Temple, no sun or moon, and no uncleanness either. A world without evil is, to us, as inconceivable as a world without sun and moon – or, for first-century Jews, a holy city without a Temple. In th…
Times and Seasons - This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready
Times and Seasons - This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready
by Andrew Pratt
This is the Baptist, unkempt and yet ready, calling the people to listen and act; calling them down to the water for washing, talking of holiness, Godliness, fact. This is the man who will call to repentance fisherman, Pharisee, zealot and priest; here in the river the sinners wi…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Preparations for Leaving Sinai
The Women's Bible Commentary - Preparations for Leaving Sinai
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Part One: The Old Generation (Numbers 1-25) Preparations for Leaving Sinai Although Part One of the book concerns the rebellious failure of the exodus generation, there are no narratives of rebellion in the opening chapters. Topics covered include census reports, the sacred dutie…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 15 Year B