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Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people
Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Year C) Reflection accompanying images: “An angel of the Lord stood before them” “I am bringing you good news ” and “To you is born this day ” 'The Angel Raphael…
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me (Advent 4C) Reflection accompanying image “The mighty one has done great things for me” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favour on the …
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity – the art of visualising divine presence and purpose. Reflection accompanying images “revealing the presence”, “heart shaped shutters on tower of parish church” and “artist and canvas”. "The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the e…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayer - Open a Space, O God
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayer - Open a Space, O God
by SPCK - Ian Black
Open a Space, O God Open a space, O God, where I may know you are near. Open a space, O God, where your trust may penetrate my heart... Open a space, O God, where hope may be renewed. Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: the majesty of God in majestic perspective (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A) Reflection accompanying images “site of the majestic cinema” and “majestic cinema floor mosaic in former entrance” "Say an unqualified Yes to God, the God of Israel." (Joshua 24:23) A …
Hymn: Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones
Hymn: Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones
by Andrew Pratt
Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones, a desert valley strewn with stones, a metaphor of hopelessness, for people worn with weariness. It took a poet's way with thought, an image that his mind had caught: imagine flesh and new found life, a counter to historic strife. Vers…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Will God Really Dwell on Earth?
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Will God Really Dwell on Earth?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Will God Really Dwell on Earth? 1 Kings 8:10-30 An hour or two ago I was sitting not at my desk, as I am now, but in my recliner chair, where I start off the day with my coffee, reading the Bible just for my own benefit and praying for people, and I sometimes picture God sitting …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fourth Sunday of Easter Genesis 7.1–5, 11–18; 8.6–18; 9.8–13 Acts 9.36–43 John 10.22–30 Today’s passage from St John’s Gospel is part of the escalating conflict between Jesus and ‘the Jews’. From the magnificent opening verses of the Gospel, setting out the cosmic significanc…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Christmas Day/Christmas Eve Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Christmas Day/Christmas Eve Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Christmas Day/Christmas Eve Isaiah 52.7–10 Hebrews 1.1–4 John 1.1–14 What difference would it make if the Christmas story were not true? If God had not come to be born, live and die as a human being? Today’s readings shout out that the Christmas story is the key to what the world…
The silent language of the stars
The silent language of the stars
by Andrew Pratt
The silent language of the stars The silent language of the stars, each shining constellation, all speak of God to those who see the beauty of creation. They speak with lightening clarity, give every indication to those who look through eyes of faith, of cosmic evolution. Verse …
When the glory of the presence
When the glory of the presence
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: When the glory of the presence Proper 24 year A Exodus 33: 12 – 23 When the glory of the presence of the ground of all our being leaves transcendent worth and wonder, enters in the realm of seeing, are we blinded by the dazzle? Is this presence binding? Freeing? How do we d…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B