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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector One man stands and prays aloud, very conscious of the crowd. ‘I’m so good you won’t believe it. Hear my prayer, God, and receive it. I’m the one who lives by rules, not like thieves, adulterers, fools. Look at that man cowering there. Can …
G8 5
G8 5
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21C / Pentecost 19C) TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image propor…
St Matthew the tax collector
St Matthew the tax collector
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: Righteousness, risk and authority: Exploring Matthew's passion (Proper 21A/Ordinary 26A) TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image edit…
Two men went to pray:Meditation
Two men went to pray:Meditation
by Phil Nevard
A meditation/prayer on the story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector at prayer using the old song "One man went to mow" Can be used for two voices – or one voice. The refrain can be sung to the tune “one man went to mow” – by the leader or by the congregation or it can be spoke…
Money from a Fish's Mouth
Money from a Fish's Mouth
by Dave Hopwood
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But… Bible Ref: Matthew 16-18; Mark 8 & 9; Luke 9; John 7-8 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 na…
Jesus Calls Matthew the Tax Collector
Jesus Calls Matthew the Tax Collector
by Dave Hopwood
A New Kind of Fishing Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5 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 narrator to…
The lawyer of the formerly wealthy Thessalonian writes back to Paul
The lawyer of the formerly wealthy Thessalonian writes back to Paul
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. This is our Thessalonian's…
Mark for Everyone - The Calling of Levi
Mark for Everyone - The Calling of Levi
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 2.13–17 The Calling of Levi... ...There are some jobs where you need a particularly thick skin. In many modern Western countries, one of the worst is being a parking attendant or traffic warden. All day long it’s your job to give people parking tickets, to …
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C A Justified Sinner Luke 18: 9-14 Jesus became frustrated soon after we arrived in Jericho, with the self-confident and self-righteous people he was meeting. Finally it all came to a head, and Jesus started telling one of his stories;…
Meditation - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Touching the untouchable Luke 19: 1-10 He was a collaborator, that’s what everyone was saying: He was devout and highly influential … in the Roman tax collecting business at least. But he was a collaborator, that’s what he was, a tra…
A Bit Like Jesus - Humility and justice
A Bit Like Jesus - Humility and justice
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 6 Humility Humility and justice He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, wa…
Meditation - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C