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Drama - Class DM101
Drama - Class DM101
by Kit Walkham
Class DM101, by Kit Walkham Explores John Wesley’s teaching on money, “Gain all you can, save all you can and give all you can”, with a nod to the Screwtape Letters. Four characters Male or Female. Cast: Dr Despair Demon tutor Slubbert Lazy student demon Bragalot Clever student d…
Hymn: Jesus who wandered alone in the desert
Hymn: Jesus who wandered alone in the desert
by Michael Docker
Jesus who wandered alone in the desert, We who would follow are wanderers too; You fought the demons of pride and self-serving – We too have demons; help us to win through. There in the emptiness you faced your Tempter – We who would follow run quickly from ours; Stones and high …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 26thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B James 5: 13-20 Mark 9: 38-50 Jesus’ words in Mark 9 verses 42-50 are some of the most personally uncomfortable in the gospels. They are directed straight at us – not at a self-righteous Pharisee, nor at a misguided disciple, but at ea…
Hymn: When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day
Hymn: When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day
by Andrew Pratt
When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day, they say a census had been called, there was no place to stay; this baby who would shake the world, would first lay down his head, not in a royal house or hall, but in a manger bed. When Jesus went to Nazareth his father had …
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it!
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it!
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it! Hungry wasn't in it. I'd decided to fast. Not forty days. Twenty four hours. The first hour was the worst and the other hours were not even that good! All I could think of was chocolate and chips. Not on the same plate. I mean, anythin…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - God was with Joseph
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - God was with Joseph
by SPCK - John Goldingay
God Was with Jesus Genesis 39:1-40:8 I previously referred to a man who used to come to talk with me when he had an affair and was inclined to blame the women for throwing themselves at him. But I have known women who were tempted to do that. Sometimes their men were totally preo…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The First Sunday of Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The First Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26.1–11 Romans 10.8b–13 Luke 4.1–13 Proust’s great theme is that without memory there is no character or understanding. One of the things that is so appealing about his work is that the small memories are at least as significant as the huge …
Such temptation, human challenge
Such temptation, human challenge
by Andrew Pratt
Such temptation, human challenge: every day and every night, in the desert, feeling hungry – wrong confronted with God’s right. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SUSSEX Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/2/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any …
To multiply the grace of God
To multiply the grace of God
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: To multiply the grace of God Second Sunday after Pentecost Romans 6: 12 – 23 To multiply the grace of God, it is a great temptation, but love is greater, this should be the source for imitation. Set free to find a better way, a loving way of living, no longer slaves, bu…
When we fail temptation's testing
When we fail temptation's testing
by Andrew Pratt
When we fail temptation's testing, find our conscience sleeping, resting, hear your people's true confession, bring your grace to make us whole. Give us time for reparation, through your mercy, re-creation, yet when time prevents forgiving may your grace still make us whole. Vers…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS By the disciplines of Lent and the encouragement of others; by the Body of Christ and the sharing of lives; by the desire of our hearts and the need of our souls, Good Lord deliver us…
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