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Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7. 10-16 : Ps. 80. 1-7 [17-19] : Romans 1. 1-7: Matthew 1. 18-25 Opening Prayer, Prayer of Intercession, The Peace and The Blessing. In the church that looks for you, among the people who proclaim you, with all who seek to serve you, among all w…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Christmas Day - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Christmas Day - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Christmas Day Any of these sets of readings may be used on the evening of Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day: I Isaiah 9. 2-7 Ps.96 Titus 2. 11-14 Luke 2. 1-14 [15-20] II Isaiah 62. 6-12 Ps.97 Titus 3. 4-7 Luke 2. [1-7] 8-20 III Isaiah 52.7-10 Ps.98 Hebrews 1. 1-4 [5-12] John 1. …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Palm Sunday - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Palm Sunday - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Palm Sunday (Liturgy of the Passion) Isaiah 50. 4-9a: Psalm. 31. 9-16 [17-18] : Philippians 2.5-11 : Matthew 26.14-27.66 or Matthew 27.11-54 Lord, you give us life, you give us love, you give us yourself: help us to give our lives, our love, ourselves to you; through Christ who d…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Walk
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Walk
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
We both walk away from things and towards them. We speak of a person’s walk of life. We admire those who walk their talk. Whether in protest or in praise, walking implies intention, direction, and purpose. Walking has been used as a way of devotion and prayer for thousands of yea…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - 2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - 2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS PRACTICALITIES This is a checklist of things to consider when preparing intercessions for festivals and special events in the life of the church…
Letters to London - 7 An interview with Ernest Cromwell- Part 1
Letters to London - 7 An interview with Ernest Cromwell- Part 1
by SPCK - Stephen J.Plant and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell
7 An interview with Ernest Cromwell- Part 1 What follows is a transcription from a sound recording of an interview conducted on 31 January 2011 at Ernest Cromwell’s family home in Essex. This interview was transcribed by Nicola J. Wilkes. It appears here with a very small number …
Jeremiah for everyone - A Complicated Neighbourly and Family Relationship
Jeremiah for everyone - A Complicated Neighbourly and Family Relationship
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Complicated Neighbourly and Family Relationship The London Olympics have just finished. I didn’t watch, but I did check the news each day because I was concerned not with the number of medals that Britain had won (I didn’t expect it to be many, though I was wrong) but with what…
Isaiah for everyone - Beautiful Feet
Isaiah for everyone - Beautiful Feet
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Beautiful Feet My feet went all nasty a few years ago in Jerusalem. Visiting Jerusalem was the only occasion when I got to wear sandals continually for two weeks, and the skin on my heels frayed. One result was that it became impossible to keep them clean…
Jeremiah for everyone - Clay in the Potter's Hand
Jeremiah for everyone - Clay in the Potter's Hand
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Clay in the Potter's Hand There’s a neat Christian song that expresses our commitment to being “clay in the potter’s hand.” It’s a suggestive image. It means that we are malleable, open to being formed into what God wants us to be…
Jeremiah for everyone - Cursed Be the Day I Was Born
Jeremiah for everyone - Cursed Be the Day I Was Born
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Cursed Be the Day I Was Born When my first wife’s multiple sclerosis starting taking more of an emotional and mental toll on her (though I don’t think we recognized that this was what was happening), it began to take more of a toll on me, too…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Crazy for Love (2)
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Crazy for Love (2)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Crazy for Love (2) I was amused when a friend who (like me) had fallen in love when he was of mature age asked me for advice about his sexual relationship with his fiancée, who was also of mature age…
Isaiah for everyone - God’s Strange Work