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Palm Sunday a proclamation of kingship
Palm Sunday a proclamation of kingship
by Colin Smith
In this short reflection/sermon (880 words), the events of Palm Sunday are seen as parts of a pre-planned ceremony which amounted to Jesus proclaiming his Kingship. Later events and ceremonies in Holy week reveal the particular kind of king he was going to be. How this differed f…
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus and the Poor
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus and the Poor
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
11 Jesus and the Poor It’s striking, isn’t it, that God often comes to us in times of deprivation and loss, at times when we’re most down and depressed, at our weakest and most vulnerable, and perhaps feeling least religious? It’s true, of course, that we feel God’s presence at t…
friends, FOES and families - Mary at the foot of the cross
friends, FOES and families - Mary at the foot of the cross
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Mary at the foot of the cross John 19.25-27 Mary came to the foot of the cross, drawn as by a magnet. This was the only place on earth to be; the whole universe spinning around this wasteland. There was no choice in her being there, only the necessity of a mother’s love. Sufferin…
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Consolation We, who never met Jesus as a man; never sat at his feet to listen to his teaching; never had the chance to ask him a question; never felt his personal touch of healing; never heard one of his stories from his own lips; never witnessed his attacks on t…
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Prayer: God’s children We are God’s children, led by the Spirit, knowing that we can come to a loving parent with total confidence that we are offered love and care. We are not slaves, held in chains by a cruel owner, but allowed to fly free, guided only by the principles an…
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross I was too busy – it had been a horrendous week. By Friday I’m always exhausted. I had the shopping to do before everything shut for Sabbath. Everyone deserves a bit of time to themselves, don’t they? I did think ab…
GOD's rich Pattern - New beginnings
GOD's rich Pattern - New beginnings
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
New beginnings While I was having the operation on my back, the man who was my fiancé at the time came into the hospital and broke off our engagement. We attended the same church and, due to the emotion of it all, I felt I would not be able to attend services there if he was stil…
GOD's rich Pattern - Steps of faith
GOD's rich Pattern - Steps of faith
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Steps of faith At eleven years old I was given the opportunity of a pioneering surgical procedure, which would, it was hoped, enable me to walk. The medical team told me that it would be a very painful procedure, and that if I decided to take the opportunity I would have to be ve…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 107:12 The disease of this heart is down to rebelling ‘against the words of the Lord’ and lightly regarding ‘the counsel of the most Highest’ (v. 11). Although God is infinitely long-suffering and compassionate this should not be confused with indifference to disobedience…
When innocence is fractured
When innocence is fractured
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – When innocence is fractured When innocence is fractured by nature’s shifting force, and paradise is ruptured as life is swept off course. We come to pray our questions, we come to share our grief; in this, our act of worship, to say that we believe. As headlines overwhelm …
Hymn: As Jesus faced his closest friends
Hymn: As Jesus faced his closest friends
by Marjorie Dobson
As Jesus faced his closest friends and asked them,’Who am I?’ ‘You are the Christ, the one who comes,’ was Peter’s sure reply. But Jesus turned to speak to them of torture and of pain and Peter could not bear those words and urged him, ‘turn again.’ Then Peter heard Christ’s shar…
Hymn: Why does it seem..
Hymn: Why does it seem..
by Michael Docker
Why does it seem..? Why does it seem that because there is suffering Someone or something must be to blame? Why does it feel that the world needs an offering - Someone or something to bear all our shame? Deep in our hearts, where there’s no rhyme or reason Something stirs to give…
Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word