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Obedience
Obedience
by Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year A Psalm 119: 33-40; Romans 7: 7-25 Reflection, Poem: Obedience Regulations restrict, citing me to rebellion. Laws point me to lawlessness. Written rules to the breaking of them. It is my nature not to do what should be done and my selfishness sa…
Mission - Sheep among wolves
Mission - Sheep among wolves
by Colin Smith
This short (1180 word) reflection/sermon explores the implications of Jesus's statement (Matthew 10.16) that he was sending his disciples out to be as sheep among wolves. Lessons for today's disciples are indicated. Also given are reassurances and advice derived from their expect…
Poem: Only one…
Poem: Only one…
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Only one … Where are the nine? We are here, but not within thanking distance. At least, not for you. Of course, we are glad that we are no longer untouchable, cast out by society. Of course, we are grateful that we no longer bear the scars of our ills. Of course, we realize…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - I'm Not the Hero; the Hero Is God
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - I'm Not the Hero; the Hero Is God
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I’m Not the Hero; the Hero is God JUDGES 8: 1-35 One of my fond memories of our sons’ childhood is of reading Bible stories to them at bedtime, stories that had been rewritten and illustrated for children; I have now passed on the set of books to the son who has children of his o…
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
by Andrew Pratt
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?' 'What are you doing this afternoon?' I'd been referred to an ophthalmologist. He thought I might lose my sight. There was a possibility of chronic glaucoma. This was 11 o'clock. By 3 that afternoon I'd had laser treatmen…
52 Reflections on Faith - God and the world: Separate or together
52 Reflections on Faith - God and the world: Separate or together
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
God and the world:Separate or together? William Blake’s best-known painting is probably The Ancient of Days. Originally done in 1794 as the frontispiece for one of his illustrated books, it’s now in the British Museum. Often reproduced as a popular art poster in recent decades, t…
Jeremiah for everyone - Uncircumcised Ears
Jeremiah for everyone - Uncircumcised Ears
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Uncircumcised Ears I had an odd experience yesterday. My wife initiated a quite ordinary and reasonable conversation about moving around some of the furniture and repainting the walls and replacing the dining furniture that’s falling apart…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 8 Mutuality
The Monastery Of The Heart - 8 Mutuality
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Mutuality “We intend to establish a school for God’s service. We hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome.” Community is a matter of the heart and the mind. It cannot be created by place alone, and it cannot be destroyed by distance alone… Taken from The Monastery Of Th…
Journeying with Luke - The Sundays before Lent
Journeying with Luke - The Sundays before Lent
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
3 The Sundays before Lent Exploring the text One of the themes which the passages we explore during Christmas and Epiphany bring to the fore is the question ‘Who is this Jesus?’ Who is the Jesus that the shepherds are summoned to visit? Who is the Jesus who can converse with his …
How could this man from Nazareth
How could this man from Nazareth
by Andrew Pratt
How could this man from Nazareth speak with such power and heal the sick, he spoke with great authority, the healing might have been a trick? But those who came were healed, made well, and what he said was common sense, yet spoken in a way well honed, the word of God, the present…
Hymn: We read our Bibles well
Hymn: We read our Bibles well
by Andrew Pratt
We read our Bibles well, discerning good and ill, we see the Pharisees at fault, we read Your words with skill. And yet we never know the wrong we class as right, the way we justify ourselves, make out that black is white. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ICH HALTE TREULICH STILL; ISHMAEL…
Hymn: When sense is damaged, limiting perception
Hymn: When sense is damaged, limiting perception
by Andrew Pratt
When sense is damaged, limiting perception, God's love will not diminish or betray, for we are held in grace and loving kindness, in pain, through grief and hardship, come what may. The love of God defies our understanding, God reaches to the depths of our despair absorbing hate,…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To God Be The Glory
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To God Be The Glory
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL TO GOD BE THE GLORY Romans 11: 33-36 I was taken yesterday to see the site of a new bridge across a river. We parked the car in a grassy wood and set off to walk. The trees were quite thick to begin with, and I couldn’t see the …
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