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Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 16 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 16 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 16 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 16: 13-20 Gaze on a stained-glass window, the sort you find in a large church or maybe a cathedral. It is covered with an array of prophets, often dressed in heavy bourgeois robes and fur hats, looking like successful merchants or stern ac
Daniel
Daniel
by Rachel Marsh
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 the t
Poem/Reflection: Amos
Poem/Reflection: Amos
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Amos Was he a professional prophet? No, he wasn’t. Was he the son of a prophet? No. he wasn’t. Did he earn money from preaching? No, he didn’t. Amos had been a shepherd. Amos had worked as a farmer Amos had been called from the fields and sent out into other fiel
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
For exiles
For exiles
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For exiles Proper 16 year A Exodus 1: 1.8 – 2.10 (In Egypt, the Israelites were first welcomed and then despised. The world doesn’t seem to have changed much, even after all this time.). Compassionate God, we pray for those who are living in a foreign country, tolerated,
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
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Do We Ever Learn?
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Do We Ever Learn?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Do We Ever Learn Genesis 20: 1-13 There was a man who used to come to talk to me from time to time when he had gotten into a mess with a woman (well, he came at other times, too). He was married and ought to have known better, but he didn’t. He would blame the women: they were at
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - The Capital of Corruption