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Monologue/drama: Those poor Greeks
Monologue/drama: Those poor Greeks
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Monologue/drama: Those poor Greeks Those poor Greeks must have got a bit of a shock. Granted, they were in town for the Passover festival – and strange things often happened at festivals. Granted, they were Greeks – and their thirst for knowledge was well-known and, mostly, respe…
Monologue: The Order of Melchizedek
Monologue: The Order of Melchizedek
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: The Order of Melchizedek Melchizedek! Now there’s a great name for a High Priest, if ever I heard one. Melchizedek!! Good strong name. Starts with an ‘M’ – a thrusting letter – pushing the word out into the waiting world. And it’s got four syllables – very impressive, …
David’s line
David’s line
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: David’s line When David tried to make a house for God – a permanent fixture – a settled resting place – God turned the tables on him, promised him a home and land, safe from his enemies for future generations. For God had always wandered with the people; followed and led th…
Confounded
Confounded
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Confounded Proper 24 year A Matthew 22: 15-22 All he needed was a coin to confound their connivance. Pharisees would not show their faces, so sent their disciples to distract him and the Herodians to harrass him. But malice and menace was their motive and entrapment was the…
Responsive prayer: God of all grace
Responsive prayer: God of all grace
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God of all grace Ascension 1 Peter 4: 12-14, 5: 6-11 God of all grace, you call us to be known as Christians, but warn us that it will not be an easy way to live, so … when injustice is strong, but unstoppable - God, hear our prayer. When we experience, or hear…
Reflection/poem: Challenge
Reflection/poem: Challenge
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/poem: Challenge ‘You don’t need to do that! Why do you put yourself through it? It’s totally unnecessary!’ Wise advice? Maybe – in some circumstances. Self-inflicted suffering doesn’t seem to make sense in the everyday world. But there are times when we have to face th…
Poem: Water upon water
Poem: Water upon water
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Water upon water Water upon water – that’s what happened in the days of Noah. Rain created floods, evaporated and created more rain to heighten the floods and bring devastation. And no-one listened to Noah, except his own family and they had no choice. But it was water that…
Drama/monologue: Peter’s mother-in-law