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A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. This could also be used to…
A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. This could also be used to…
A warning about idless from Paul
A warning about idless from Paul
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. Having sold all his posses…
A warning about idless from Paul
A warning about idless from Paul
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. Having sold all his posses…
The Rich Young Leader
The Rich Young Leader
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The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator …
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21C / Pentecost 19C)
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21C / Pentecost 19C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21Yr C / Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Yr C) Reflection accompanying images “There was a rich man - Clock sculpture Manchester peoples history museum 2 - Clock sculpture Manchester peoples history museum 3 - Enough food f…
Poem: Money Matters
Poem: Money Matters
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Money Matters Money is magnificent! You can buy things with it. You can borrow on it. You can live the high life. You can splash the cash. You can eat, drink and be merry for as long as you like. And money makes money and money makes friends and money gains you respect and …
Open with God Book - May - International Day of the Family (May 15)
Open with God Book - May - International Day of the Family (May 15)
by Christine Odell
May – International day of the Family (15 May) Calendar of Prayers Reading Ephesians 3.14-19 God, our heavenly Father and Mother, we thank you for families: for the family of humankind rich in its diversity; for the family of the church, sisters and brothers in Jesus; for our own…
Reflection: Favouritism
Reflection: Favouritism
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Favouritism Were you ever the last one to be chosen for a team and really hurt because all the others were picked before you? Were you ever in a class at school when someone else was the teacher’s pet and you always wondered why? Did you ever walk into a room, dressed…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 If the parable of the Rich Fool has ever been relevant before, it is certainly painfully relevant now that we are in the midst of a financial crisis. Do you remember the fall of North…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 20 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 20 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 20 Amos 8.4–7 1 Timothy 2.1–7 Luke 16.1–13 Whatever is going on in this strange parable of the dishonest manager? Whichever way you read it, it is confusing. Luke has obviously decided that it is about attachment to wealth, and he has put it with a couple of other stories …
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 13 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 13 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 13 Luke 12: 13-21 Gaze on an allotment in high summer. All the fruits and vegetables are ripening together, for the profligacy of nature takes us by surprise every time. Every year we grow more beans than we can hope to use. There’s a bumper crop of gooseberries, and the r…
We build up walls to sanctify possession
We build up walls to sanctify possession
by Andrew Pratt
We build up walls to sanctify possession, then cage the things that bolster wealth and greed, but death will level rich and poor together, will nullify religion, race and creed. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: INTERCESSOR; HIGHWOOD Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 15…
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