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glimpses of glory - Proper 6 - Year C
glimpses of glory - Proper 6 - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 6 Lord God of love, as you come to us and give yourself for us and to us, make us aware of your coming and your generosity, that we may rejoice in your presence and give our love to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, o…
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Dominic De Guzman Having presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi and also Clare of Assisi, I talk now about another saint of the same period who made a fundamental contribution to the renewal of the Church of his time: St. Dominic, the Founder of the Order of Preac…
Simply Good News - Rethinking Heaven
Simply Good News - Rethinking Heaven
by SPCK - N T Wright
Rethinking Heaven If Jesus’s first followers spoke about the good news of what had just happened, what did they think would happen in the future as a result? Here we face a major problem. For many generations in the modern church, followers of Jesus in many parts of the world hav…
Prayer: Discerning God
Prayer: Discerning God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Discerning God Discerning God, how often our behaviour must frustrate and concern you. We behave so foolishly, thinking that you do not know when we have been selfish, greedy and uncaring in our attitudes towards others. We forget that when our petty squabbles turn into o…
Drama/Dialogue: Make-over
Drama/Dialogue: Make-over
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Dialogue: Make-over A. I’ve had a make-over! B. Oh, yes! When? A. Yesterday evening. I feel like a new person. B. Well, you don’t look like a new person to me. You still need a haircut – and you could do with losing some weight. A. Aw, come on! You can’t expect that to happ…
Monologue/Drama: Timothy speaks
Monologue/Drama: Timothy speaks
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Drama: Timothy speaks He told me the same story many times with only slight variations in the details, depending on his mood. Sometimes he almost seemed to be boasting about it, at other times he was full of remorse and humility. But, whatever the method, the essence of…
Poem: Lost and found
Poem: Lost and found
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Lost and found I was lost, too: straying away from the path that would lead me to safety, security, family, loving and care. I was the despair of those who had cherished me, cradled me, treasured me carefully. But for my pleasure I took to deserting them, hurting them, turn…
GOD's rich Pattern - The rock
GOD's rich Pattern - The rock
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
The rock God and Christ were my rock. They were the foundation on which I had built my life. As a child, going backwards and forwards to hospital for examinations and treatment, my life was very problematic. People said I had the mind of an adult, perhaps because I spent much of …
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Living Sacrifice
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Living Sacrifice
by SPCK - N T Wright
2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF THE LIVING SACRIFICE Romans 12: 1-2 William was coming to the end of his first year as chairman of the company when I met him at a lunch. ‘How’s it been going?’ I asked. ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘it’s been wonderful in several ways. The company is doing wel…
Poem: Good news
Poem: Good news
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Good news Bad news stories hit the headlines: crime and evil every day. and if there’s no bad news story, speculation will hold sway. Tweets and twitters full of fury fuel aggression, stir up hate and when this erupts in violence, action comes, but far too late. Continues..…
Prayer: God of challenge
Prayer: God of challenge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of challenge. God of challenge. we live in a world which appears to be full of corruption, dishonesty, disloyalty, greed, selfishness, prejudice and self-seeking. Many people call it a God-forsaken world. But you have not forsaken us, we have forgotten you. Forgotten …
We cling to things we know we should not own
We cling to things we know we should not own
by Marjorie Dobson
We cling to things we know we should not own and tempt ourselves with thoughts we should avoid. Our actions often contradict our words and our behaviour merges with the crowd. Our human instincts countermand our faith and drown the whisper of the Spirit’s breath. Verse 2 follows …
Prayer: When we are swept along
Prayer: When we are swept along
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: When we are swept along When we are swept along by doubts and disbelief swirling around us, like the wind attempting to carry us with irresistible power: when we find it difficult to stand against public opinion: when we feel the whole world is against us: when we are in …
Mark for Everyone - A Deaf and Mute Man Is Healed
Mark for Everyone - A Deaf and Mute Man Is Healed
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 7.31–37 A Deaf and Mute Man Is Healed... ...I received a leaked memo the other day on my fax machine. It wasn’t a very serious leak – something that would be in the papers in a couple of days anyway – but it gave me a strange feeling. It goes on all the tim…
Foul and foolish were the people