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Jeremiah for everyone - Another Wicked Play on Words
Jeremiah for everyone - Another Wicked Play on Words
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Another Wicked Play on Words For a while I was the faculty representative on the president’s cabinet in our seminary, which means I had to get up early once a month for a meeting of people in the administration to discuss big policy questions (but not so much their ongoing implem…
Isaiah for everyone - Choose Your Ending
Isaiah for everyone - Choose Your Ending
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Choose Your Ending There’s a classic movie called The French Lieutenant’s Woman, set in nineteenth-century England, that tells of a tortuous relationship in which a man is powerfully drawn to a woman who hardly belongs to his class and when he is already committed to marrying som…
Jeremiah for everyone - If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You
Jeremiah for everyone - If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You
by SPCK - John Goldingay
If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You In a television interview, the great tennis player Serena Williams was talking about an outburst she’d had at a lineswoman who claimed Serena had foot-faulted; Serena had been convinced she was wrong…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - If Two People Lie Together, They Can Be Warm
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - If Two People Lie Together, They Can Be Warm
by SPCK - John Goldingay
If Two People Lie Together, They Can Be Warm A friend of mine lost his wife some years ago and got married again to a family friend within three months. I was both worried and sympathetic (he had been looked after too well by his first wife and had no idea how to cook), but it ha…
Isaiah for Everyone - Meanwhile, back in Jerusalem
Isaiah for Everyone - Meanwhile, back in Jerusalem
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Meanwhile, Back in Jerusalem I have just come off the phone from a conversation with a former student in England who was in tears about failing a degree program. She doesn’t claim that her exam performance was brilliant; she sees herself as a poor examinee. But she doesn’t think …
Jeremiah for everyone - Lucky Figs and Unlucky Figs
Jeremiah for everyone - Lucky Figs and Unlucky Figs
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Lucky Figs and Unlucky Figs We walked past a supermarket last night and marveled at the size of the truck delivering produce, and we wondered how quickly the supermarket would empty if there were a big earthquake (answer: about two hours)…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Nightmares and Dreams (1)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Nightmares and Dreams (1) A student of mine from southern Africa once gave me an account of aspects of her life at home. In homestead life in her grandparents’ day, her grandfather had eleven wives; each had six to ten children. His wives’ huts stood in a half-moon, his in the ce…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4d The Characterization of the disciples
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4d The Characterization of the disciples
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Characterization of the disciples Matthew’s portrayal of the disciples is more complimentary than Mark’s.23 Where Mark says that the disciples do not understand Jesus’ words (Mark 4:13; 6:52; 8:21; 9:10), Matthew either has no reference to their lack of understanding or state…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 2b Aspects of Narrative
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 2b Aspects of Narrative
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Aspects of Narrative As stated, narrative is the creative working on the story elements to make a narrative text. Narratologists delineate various aspects of narrative, of which the following might be regarded as especially important:… Taken from Parallel Lives of Jesus by Edward…
Jeremiah for everyone - Who Am I?
Jeremiah for everyone - Who Am I?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Who Am I? In a poem he wrote in prison, on his way to being executed by the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer asked the question, “Who am I?” Am I one person today, and tomorrow, another? Do I look brave to other people, though before myself I’m “a contemptibly woebegone weakling”?…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry Partial Identification In the previous homily he affirmed the need for Christians to identify fully with the world around them. They were to be “all things to all people,” and through the use of metaphors from the world of sports Paul challeng…
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 14 Afterword
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 14 Afterword
by Christine Valters Painter
AFTERWORD The purpose of contemplative practice is cultivation of freedom and compassion. As we grow in inner freedom, we become less caught up in the demands of life. We begin to let go of our compulsions to grow ever busier. As we learn to welcome in the full spectrum of our ow…
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Proper 3 – Year C
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Proper 3 – Year C
by SPCK - Ian Black
Proper 3 – Year C (Between 18 and 24 February, if earlier than 2 before Lent) When we call you answer Great is your glory. Merciful Father, you break the cycle of hatred and recriminations. Set your Church as an instrument of your peace . . . Taken from Intercessions for Years A,…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Pentecost Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Pentecost Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Day of Pentecost- Year A Meditation on John 7: 37-39 Gaze on a river in all its varied stages. At first it is a silent trickle, welling up from a spring, always replenished yet forever hidden. Then the quiet country stream brings delight to children who picnic by its bank and pad…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 8 Year A