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The Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ
by Rose humphrey
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…
Creation groans, yes grace has come
Creation groans, yes grace has come
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Creation groans, yes grace has come Proper 11 year A Romans 8:12-25 Creation groans, yes grace has come, the Spirit brings new life to bear, no longer futile, reconciled, the very love of God is there. And we are caught within this grace, our lives transformed beyond our pa…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 1st Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 If we read God’s law in the Pentateuch it looks long and complex, but in Micah it is summed up in a few words. All that God requires of his people is that they “act justl…
Poems and Liturgy - Poem-Lord of Mercy
Poems and Liturgy - Poem-Lord of Mercy
by Christopher Coleman
Poem based on Psalm 51 O my God who's love is unchanging, O Lord of mercy, God of compassion remember me, be gracious to me and wipe out my sins. Lord if you cleanse me I will be without w(hol)ly clean. How can I be without sin for from the moment I was born to the moment I die i…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Wishing and Hoping
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Wishing and Hoping
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Wishing and Hoping Psalm 130-131 It’s the beginning of Advent, when we start thinking about the first coming of Jesus but also about his second coming. The sermon on Sunday related to why the second coming matters and the reason for believing it will happen. It matters because Je…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - When the Law Arrived: Sinai Looks Back to the Fall
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - When the Law Arrived: Sinai Looks Back to the Fall
by SPCK - N T Wright
When the Law Arrived: Sinai Looks Back to the Fall ROMANS 7.7-12 The house was quiet when the workmen arrived, and when someone came to the door they assumed it was the owner himself. They had come to install a new alarm system on the doors and windows. The owner had been anxious…
God’s grace extends beyond our comprehension
God’s grace extends beyond our comprehension
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God’s grace extends beyond our comprehension Proper 19 Year A Matthew 18: 21-35 God’s grace extends beyond our comprehension, beyond the limits that we put on love. God calls us to forgiveness and redemption, sometimes the bar is just too high above. When we are wronged God…
LWPT Meditations - Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19 Psalm 46 Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 Matthew 7:21-29 It is difficult to imagine a catastrophe like the one related in the story of Noah – forty days of torrential rain, the earth flooded for over a year,…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Herod's vanity and Death
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Herod's vanity and Death
by SPCK - N T Wright
Herod’s Vanity and Death Acts 12.20-25 Whether or not Luke was aware of the comic value of the previous interlude, he was certainly aware of the powerful impact of the story with which he now closes the first half of his book. The official king of the Jews plays at being a pagan …
Exodus and Leviticus - Human Promises
Exodus and Leviticus - Human Promises
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Human Promises LEVITICUS 27: 1- 34 A distinctive feature of my seminary in the United States compared with my seminary in Britain is the high number of students who are “pastor’s kids” or “missionary kids.” I have wondered what lay behind this difference. It raises a question rai…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year A 1 Kings 17.8–16 1 Corinthians 1.18–31 John 2.1–11 Most of us think we would like the kind of communication with God that Elijah has. The narrator of 1 Kings tells us, very matter-of-factly, that God tells Elijah to do something, and Elijah g…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Philip and the Ethiopian