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Poem: Greed
Poem: Greed
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Greed Naboth, proud and possessive, promptly refused a buy-out of his birthright. Ahab, sullenly sat sulking, simply because he couldn’t have what he wanted. Jezebel, silky and sly, swiftly solved the problem by sending letters to leaders. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: Witness to a miracle? I think it was a con trick. But I don’t know how he did it – even though I was there and saw it with my own eyes. It’s just too fantastic to be true. I mean, would you have believed that a stone surface, admittedly with wood and an animal ca…
Meditation - Sunday Before Lent Year C
Meditation - Sunday Before Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Lent Year C The Journey to Prayer Luke 9:28-36 The path is steep and strewn with loose stones and rocks. Often we have to use our hands to pull ourselves up. When Jesus asked us to come and pray with him, We didn’t imagine it would be this difficult; No…
Poem: Zarephath
Poem: Zarephath
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Zarephath A few sticks for a fire, a handful of flour, a little oil in a jug and a strange man asking to be fed: not a very promising recipe for success. A widow woman with an ailing son, a suspicious promise from a stranger and a drought that showed no sign of ending: not …
Poem: The Mountain Top
Poem: The Mountain Top
by Marjorie Dobson
Luke 9: 28-36 Poem: The Mountain Top High, high into the mountains we climbed with him, higher than we had ever climbed before. He led us on up steep and rocky pathways made by wild animals and a few stray sheep. Shrouded, clouded was the mountain top he aimed for, invisible to t…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sunday before Lent 2 Kings 2.1–12 2 Corinthians 4.3–6 Mark 9.2–9 Mark sees the Transfiguration as an anticipated fulfilment of the promise in the previous verse (‘Some here will not die until they see the kingdom of God come with power’). The thin curtain separating God’s dim…
Like a trace of mist at morning
Like a trace of mist at morning
by Andrew Pratt
Like a trace of mist at morning, golden in the rising sun, grace remains beyond the dawning of the grief that has begun. See Elisha followed after old Elijah, near to death; holding onto something special: gracious spirit, near as breath. Verses 3-4 folllow Tune: ST OSWALD; WRAYS…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 7 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 7 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 7 1 Kings 19.1–15a Galatians 3.23–end Luke 8.26–39 Elijah went to Sinai, to hand back his commission. ‘I’ve done all this for you, and now they’re going to kill me. I’ve had enough.’ Fear and exhaustion generated self-destructive depression. What was he expecting? A volcan…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 8 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 8 1 Kings 19.5–16, 19–21 Galatians 5.1, 13–25 Luke 9.51–62 St Teresa of Avila spent many years travelling on God’s business, founding and reforming convents. Journeys were both unsafe and uncomfortable in those days, but she was never daunted. But one day, when she was nea…
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Hear the echoes of the scripture Hear the echoes of the scripture in the parting of the waters, see Elijah in the whirlwind, see Elisha, looking, waiting. See Elisha take the mantle, see Elisha strike the water, faith and action moving forward, faith is passed from hand to …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 4 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 4 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 4 1 Kings 18.20–21 [22–29] 30–39 Galatians 1.1–12 Luke 7.1–10 Elijah calls for fire, but the larger story is about rain. Drought has plagued the land. King Ahab is cross with Elijah, blaming the messenger for the message. Elijah, fresh from his triumph in restoring a boy t…
Heart Moments - Wooden heart
Heart Moments - Wooden heart
by Angelika Figura
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
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