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Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Come Advent Spirit and enlighten our imaginations (Advent 1B) Reflection accompanying images “street performer with hoop of fire” "Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come" (Mark 13:33) As night falls in the centre of Nottingham a …
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Little Thing Can Have Terrible Consequences and Foreshadow Tragedy
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Little Thing Can Have Terrible Consequences and Foreshadow Tragedy
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Little Things Can Have Terrible Consequences and Foreshadow Tragedy 2 Samuel 6: 1- 23 I write this during Holy Week. In my Bible study group this week someone was expressing his unease with the way we speak of God’s sending his Son to be crucified. Is God some sort of masochist? …
Salt and Light
Salt and Light
by Dave Hopwood
Feet of Clay and the Breath of God Bible Ref: Isaiah 42; Matthew 5-8 & 10; Mark 3; Luke 6 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrat…
Poem - The day we climbed the mountain
Poem - The day we climbed the mountain
by Colin Smith
The Day we climbed the mountain. This poem was written as a bit of fun to support an All Age worship service. Although the mountain which is referred to is Kinder Scout, in the Peak District of Derbyshire, the name of any local mountain can be used instead. The theme was “Finding…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 35 The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 35 The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc
by SPCK - N T Wright
The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc and the rise of Herod in the late 40s and early 30s, curtailed the possibilities of the Pharisees exerting actual power either in any official capacity or through exerting influence on those with de jure power…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 2 Four Narratives, One Story