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The Gospel According to twilight - The Good Family
The Gospel According to twilight - The Good Family
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
The Good Family Chapter One Every great story lives in a narrative universe with its own internal logic. Readers quickly come to recognize the logic of the story world. In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, for example, hobbits are comfort-loving creatures of small stature who fear going on…
Prayer: God of challenge
Prayer: God of challenge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of challenge. God of challenge. we live in a world which appears to be full of corruption, dishonesty, disloyalty, greed, selfishness, prejudice and self-seeking. Many people call it a God-forsaken world. But you have not forsaken us, we have forgotten you. Forgotten …
Poem: Importance of humility
Poem: Importance of humility
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Importance of humility Importance of humility? Seems to be contradictory. Depending on your point of view, of course. Important folk have power and wealth and rarely move about by stealth, seeking to use their fame as a resource. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Forgiveness is ridiculous
Hymn: Forgiveness is ridiculous
by Andrew Pratt
Forgiveness is ridiculous, unsettles justice, riddles faith, when love has a monopoly as evidence of given grace; It sets the cosmos spinning round, it turns our values upside down it makes our temples tumble down and every beggar wears a crown. Verse 3 follow Tune: ALFRETON; CAM…
Not pushing for favours, nor craving acceptance
Not pushing for favours, nor craving acceptance
by Andrew Pratt
Not pushing for favours, nor craving acceptance, but waiting in line for our moment to come, and then love exalts us, affirms and promotes us, yes this is gospel the, the source and the sum. God raises the humble, the poor and afflicted, the ones that society longs to despise. Go…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Telling Contrast
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Telling Contrast
by BRF - Dick France
A TELLING CONTRAST In these verses a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of the religious professionals is followed by an example of true piety. But the example is not of a prominent religious figure, but of a poor widow whom everyone (and especially the scribes?) would overlook. Tr…
Arthur's Call - Arthur's vocation
Arthur's Call - Arthur's vocation
by SPCK - Frances Young
7 Arthur’s vocation Silent Word A man with a message? Half-focused eyes look up to the sky Through long thin fingers, gently splayed And slowly waved, like flesh-tinged twigs Obliquely catching light from the sun – Not grasping, demanding or easily bored, Just intrigued by finger…
GOD's rich Pattern - The peace of acceptance
GOD's rich Pattern - The peace of acceptance
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
The peace of acceptance Four years on life had taken on a more peaceful turn. Ralph was not kicking quite so hard. There was more a sense of resignation and acceptance of his situation. Life had more or less returned to normal, whatever that might mean. I was picking up the piece…
Poem: The cost of living
Poem: The cost of living
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The cost of living The cost of living for those with disposable income rises daily and involves minor adjustments to lifestyle and considerable adjustments to the location of the money that is intended for keeping. The cost of living for those with moderate income rises dai…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 24 Year B