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Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - This Is It!
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - This Is It!
by SPCK - John Goldingay
This Is It! Genesis 2: 21-25 I once took part in a workshop where students produced dramatic, modern versions of stories in Genesis. The one I most remember was a retelling of Genesis 1 by Julia Bolden. There were a number of neat aspects to the story. It is set in a house instea…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - When Your Spouse Dies
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - When Your Spouse Dies
by SPCK - John Goldingay
When Your Spouse Dies Genesis 22: 20- 23: 20 I know where I want to bury my wife and where I want to be buried. Actually, it’s rather that I know where I want our ashes to be scattered. We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a hotel in Dovedale in England (we could afford o…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Gang-Rape, Murder, and Dismemberment in Times of Peace
The Women's Bible Commentary - Gang-Rape, Murder, and Dismemberment in Times of Peace
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Gang-Rape, Murder, and Dismemberment in Times of Peace In Judges 19, an unnamed woman, identified as pilegesh, a Hebrew term of unclear social status and often translated as “concubine” but sometimes also as “secondary wife,” runs away from her husband, a Levite…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Concern for the Poor
The Women's Bible Commentary - Concern for the Poor
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Concern for the Poor Deuteronomy is both inclusive (of those comprising “Israel”) and, at the same time, exclusive (of non-Israelites). It is composed by and addressed to urban elite and at the same time, expresses a much-noted concern for the poor. Deuteronomy 14 reframes the ti…
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife In the third and final section, chapters 12–14, the prophet takes up the marital metaphor of chapters 1–3 once again. In the first section of the book, the punishment of the wife sparked her repentance and return to he…
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences (this piece could be performed as a stand-alone poem; but it could also be used with several voices taking the parts of the girl, the lady/wife, the man/general, the prophet, the advisor and a narrator reading lines 10 and 16) One young girl,…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Leaderly Calculation and Mother Love
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Leaderly Calculation and Mother Love
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Leaderly Calculation and Mother Love 2 Samuel 19: 41- 21: 22 We care about what happens to the bodies of our loved ones. My wife and I long ago agreed that we would be cremated and then have our ashes scattered in the valley where we had spent the first night of our honeymoon. No…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 10 Year B