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Lectionary Reflections Year A - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Epiphany - Year A Isaiah 42.1–9 Acts 10.34–43 Matthew 3.13–17 Matthew’s is the only Gospel that shows any embarrassment about Jesus’s baptism by John the Baptist. In all of the Gospels, John knows that his baptism is a temporary measure, but he also knows that…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The First Sunday of Epiphany Mark 1.4-11 Gaze on a modern-day baptism by total immersion. It might take place in a river, or in a special pool built into a church. The candidates are dressed in clean, crisp white shirts and trousers, and have prepared long and hard for this day…
Autumn waters
Autumn waters
by Joy Sykes
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 proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9.8–17, 1 Peter 3.18–22, Mark 1.9–15 Noah is conspicuously absent from much of the New Testament. When he does appear, as in 1 Peter 3, it isn’t immediately obvious why. Who were those ‘spirits in prison’ from Noah’s day? In what sense did Jesus…
Poem: Stumbling blocks
Poem: Stumbling blocks
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Stumbling blocks Who would ever dream of tripping up a child deliberately? Unless it was another child, for mischief’s sake. Or bullying. But grown-ups know better than to do that, recognising danger and fearing injury, or harm. Unless, of course, the child becomes an inc…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First after Epiphany – Year C