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Monologue: Second place
Monologue: Second place
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: Second place My name is Barsabbas – no, not Barrabas – not that one, the one who was freed instead of Jesus – no, my name is Barsabbas. Some people know me as Justus. You’ve never heard of me? It’s not surprising really. Who ever takes notice of a runner-up? It’s the w…
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – First Sunday of Advent Year C Jeremiah 33: 14-16 Psalm 25: 1-10 1st Thessalonians 3: 9-13 Luke 21: 25-36 When I saw a man with a sandwich board bearing the words, “the end of the world is nigh”, I guessed he was going to a fancy dress party ... until I saw him …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday before Advent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday before Advent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday before Advent - Proper 28(33) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Take this moment, sign and space or Prophets and judges once challenged indifference Prayer: Confession Hymn: Jesus, where’re Thy people meet or Coming when we least expect it Reading: Psalm 123 Hymn: Fa…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year B 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 We are deep into Advent now, yet this is our first hint of Christmas with the announcement to Mary that she is to bear a son named Jesus (Luke 1 v 31). Thus far the lectionary readings have focused more on the second c…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Trinity - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Trinity - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second after Trinity Proper 6 (11) - Year B Hymn: The King of love my shepherd is or We trust in one we name as God Prayer: Transforming God Psalm 20 Hymn: O loving Lord, who art forever seeking or A man set off for Bethlehem - Reading: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Sermon idea 1: What ki…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service contents: Openning Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or What will the future hold Prayer: Ever-present God Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer or Hear our prayer O loving parent Reading: Genesis 21:8-21 Hymn: Come divine interpreter o…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Christmas - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Christmas - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service-Second after Christmas - Year A See also the Covenant Service Hymn: Prayer: Reading Jeremiah 31:7-14 Hymn: Reading John 1:1-9; 10-18 Who needs words? Sermon idea Hymn: Prayer: Meditation related to John 1:10-18 Hymn: Blessing Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © (DATE*…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Becomes a Target
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Becomes a Target
by SPCK - N T Wright
Stephen Becomes a Target Acts 6.8-15 Without in any way wishing to complain, I do have a fellow feeling with Stephen in this passage. He has only just been appointed a ‘deacon’, with particular responsibility for helping organize the daily distribution of food to the community …
Exodus and Leviticus - How to Check Things out with God
Exodus and Leviticus - How to Check Things out with God
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Check Things Out with God EXODUS 32: 30-33: 11 Throughout most of my life, I have had a particular place where I pray each day. At the moment it is an ancient recliner chair sitting in front of my desk. Next to it is a little table where I keep a Bible and a prayer noteboo…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Third Sunday Before Advent Job 19.23–27a 2 Thessalonians 2.1–5, 13–17 Luke 20.27–38 The overall theme (‘resurrection’) is obvious, but the detail is daunting. It seems a shame, as the translators’ footnotes say, that the Hebrew of Job 19.26 is ‘incomprehensible’. The old vers…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Preface to the History