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Poem/reflection: What happened to wisdom?
Poem/reflection: What happened to wisdom?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/reflection: What happened to wisdom? Whatever happened to the idea of the wisdom of age? Why is it that when I shop, or sit on a train, or walk through the town, I am treated as invisible by anyone under the age of thirty? Even in church I can be considered as irrelevant, si…
Drama/dialogue: Eastern strangers
Drama/dialogue: Eastern strangers
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/dialogue: Eastern strangers (A piece for two voices. The first one reads straight to the audience, as if ignoring the interruptions. The second interacts with the audience, letting them in on the comments and questions. Only in the last three lines do the two speakers relat…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 23 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 23 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 23 Jeremiah 29.1, 4–7 2 Timothy 2.8–15 Luke 17.11–19 A sharp-edged summary of Paul’s gospel: King Jesus, raised from the dead, of David’s seed. The word ‘gospel’ itself, in Paul’s world, meant a royal proclamation; this explains why its heralds fall foul of the authorities…
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power In a world where wealth and power seem to be all-important and those who cannot achieve those objectives are ignored: God, forgive us for our selfishness. In a world where two minutes of fame are never enough and the urge to be noticed me…
Always there
Always there
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/meditation: Always there Lord, you have always been there for your people. From the beginning of creation, right through to this present day, you have given strength and support to anyone who has asked you for it. But, as we grow older, we recognize how brief life really is …
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayer for Meeting or Small Group
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayer for Meeting or Small Group
by SPCK - Ian Black
Two prayers to be used before a meeting and before a gathering of a small group. Be among us, Lord Christ, as we meet in your name. Inspire all who speak to enlighten our understanding. Give patience to all who listen to discover fresh treasures... Taken from Prayers for All Occa…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Second Sunday Before Lent Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday Before Lent Proverbs 8.1, 22–31 Colossians 1.15–20 John 1.1–14 The Sunday lectionary readings do, on the whole, allow us to focus on the central Christian belief that God does all things out of love towards his creation. Even when the readings focus on the suffe…
The Pastoral Letters - Elders
The Pastoral Letters - Elders
by SPCK - N T Wright
Elders 1Timothy 5.17-25 I had an urgent message the other day from a friend. He is a priest, and was applying for a new job in a different country. The trouble is that he has family responsibilities, and after doing all the calculations he reckoned he simply couldn’t live on the …
The Pastoral Letters - Widows
The Pastoral Letters - Widows
by SPCK - N T Wright
Widows 1Timothy 5.9-16 I like the old joke about the two different types of people. You can divide the world into two: those who think there are two types of people and those who disagree. But there really are two types when it comes to establishing a new community. There are the…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Status and Authority in God's Realm
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Status and Authority in God's Realm
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Status and Authority in God’s Realm (1 Corinthians 1-4) In the opening section of the letter, Paul addresses the central problem afflicting the church: divisions among its members into competing groups (1:10). Status competition was endemic to the culture, but it was antithetical…
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 1st Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 “Put not your trust in princes” (Psalm 146:3). It is a well-known verse, and provides a warning not to rely on the wisdom of humans, however exalted. The psalm catalogues the…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 24thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Proverbs 1: 20-33 Psalm 19 James 3: 1-12 Mark 8: 27-38 They are some of the angriest words spoken by Jesus, and directed at a greatly loved and well-intentioned disciple; “Get behind me, Satan” (Mark 8 v 33)– almost the same words he…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 25thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B James 5: 13-20 Mark 9: 38-50 I have never been in church when Proverbs 31 verses 10-31 were read. I imagine they would cause a riot in the average church today; the very idea of telling women to be housewives, much less good housewive…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Lent - Year B