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Great Christian Thinkers - 4 St. Irenaeus of Lyons
Great Christian Thinkers - 4 St. Irenaeus of Lyons
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Irenaeus of Lyons In reflecting on the prominent figures of the early Church, we come to the eminent personality of St. Irenaeus of Lyons. The biographical information on him comes from his own testimony, handed down to us by Eusebius in his fifth book on Church history… Take…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 23 Sacred Art
The Monastery Of The Heart - 23 Sacred Art
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Sacred Art “They are to practice their craft with all humility.” The bond between Benedictine spirituality and art goes deep. Medieval monasteries were centres of the arts and patrons of the arts because art, as a reflection of beauty- which is itself an attribute of God- came to…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 7 The Wisdom and Power of God
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 7 The Wisdom and Power of God
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
The Wisdom and Power of God In the early centuries of the Christian church, as the Greek world became Christian, a group of scholars now called “the apologists” arose and took up the daunting task of relating the new Christian faith to their Greek intellectual heritage. Their tas…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 18 What factors help entrepreneurship to happen?
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 18 What factors help entrepreneurship to happen?
by SPCK - Michael Volland
What factors help entrepreneurship to happen? When asked about what he felt would aid the exercise of entrepreneurship in his situation as a minister, Roger responded by talking about the need to strengthen and renew faith in congregations and said that he felt that if this happe…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 35 Resurrection
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 35 Resurrection
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection Adam and Christ—The Nature of the Resurrected Body A great deal of thoughtful scholarship has gone into the interpretation of Paul’s homily “Resurrection: Adam and Christ—The Nature of the Resurrected Body.”1 Our goal is to look carefully at the rhetorical style Paul…
God of our Future
God of our Future
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of our future God of our future, forgive us that we are so often affected by the attitude of dissatisfaction and gloominess that we feel around us today. With so many conflicts and natural disasters, so much power-seeking and selfishness, so many cruel regimes and so …
Pentecost Reflection
Pentecost Reflection
by Christine Dutton
These reflections were written for Pentecost worship when the congregation worked in small groups on various ways of working with Acts 2. These were used with a group working with meditative prayer inspired by the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Pentecost Reflection T…
Lectio Divina - Listening
Lectio Divina - Listening
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Listening If we want our time spent with the Bible to be productive, we need to listen intensely, with a listening heart (lev shomea, 1 Kings 3.9). The entire Bible is predicated on the fact that God speaks and people listen. People in the Bible walk by faith and not by sight, be…
Revelation for Everyone - Final Judgement