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With My WholeHeart - Prelude to the Psalms
With My WholeHeart - Prelude to the Psalms
by SPCK - James Jones
Prelude to the Psalms On a certain Tuesday I was on my feet in the House of Lords asking a question about the future of the Community Justice Centre in Liverpool. As I sat down I could feel my heart pumping and a pain in my chest. On the Wednesday I was at the Heart and Chest Hos…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 9:1
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 9:1
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 9.1 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will speak of all thy marvellous works. A truly grateful heart is rarely seen or heard. It goes against the grain of entitlement whereby people expect their rights to be delivered. It runs counter to the tenor…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:4
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:4
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. I would have thought that this invitation to communion would begin with a call to commune with God. But as we try to relate to God we need also to know ourselves, or at least to h…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:8
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:8
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 4: 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart: since the time that their corn, and wine, and oil, increased. The bridge between communing with your own heart and the heart being gladdened is putting trust in God and basking in the light that shines out of him. But what is so deli…
Simply Jesus - Preface
Simply Jesus - Preface
by SPCK - N T Wright
Preface Jesus of Nazareth poses a question and a challenge two thousand years after his lifetime. The question is fairly simple: who exactly was he? This includes the questions, What did he think he was up to? What did he do and say, why was he killed, and did he rise from the de…
A Bit Like Jesus - Whose faith?
A Bit Like Jesus - Whose faith?
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith Whose faith? When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them. Then some people came, bringing to hi…
A Bit Like Jesus - Life Stories
A Bit Like Jesus - Life Stories
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Life stories On my shelves I have an inherited collection of original Henty novels. Written for boys in Victorian England they remained popular in the early twentieth century and are still collectable today. G. A. Henty was a self-taught historian who wrot…
A Bit Like Jesus - Learning from hypocrisy
A Bit Like Jesus - Learning from hypocrisy
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Learning from hypocrisy Gene Robinson, the elected Bishop of New Hampshire, was not invited to attend the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops. It was considered that his committed but gay partnership would make his presence too offensive to others within the Angli…
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing and Compassion
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing and Compassion
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 3 Compassion Healing and compassionAs they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!’ The crowd sternly ordered them to b…
GOD's rich Pattern - Dogged determination
GOD's rich Pattern - Dogged determination
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Dogged determination I had a mixed reaction from people when I entered the local preachers’ meeting. I was questioned by the secretary as to my ability to preach. He said that it would be difficult for me to cope with the public speaking. I explained that I had done over three hu…
GOD's rich Pattern - Shared dark valley
GOD's rich Pattern - Shared dark valley
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Shared dark valley Every new contact with counselling took me on a different pathway. Through the work with Carematch, Dr Greengross asked me to get involved with SPOD (Sexual Problems of Disabled). It is sobering for some people to realize that people with disabilities are sexua…
GOD's rich Pattern - Treading water
GOD's rich Pattern - Treading water
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Treading Water I used this limbo period in my life to study and stretch my mind. My family thought it was a complete waste of time, but when you read C. G. Jung, Freud, Ardler, T. A. Harris and many more, then on the religious front many books from the great writers and philosoph…
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A fine romance My life was to take a dramatic turn in a way I could never have expected. I had had a client referred to me for bereavement counselling. We had shared nineteen hours. In that time he had gone through many emotions, talking about his late wife, who had died six mont…
GOD's rich Pattern - A new career
GOD's rich Pattern - A new career
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A new career My good friend, Dr Wendy Greengross, known to many of you as Dr Wendy in the Sun newspaper and for her counseling broadcasts on the BBC’s If You Think You’ve Got Problems programme, had become a great supporter to me from 1976, when I had my first eye removed. She ha…
GOD's rich Pattern - A coming together