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meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
meditation - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B The 613 Squadron Mark 10: 46-52 The law-makers had been busy. 613 Laws according to one account, But which is the most important? I pause from my studies, Silent before my heavenly Father... Created by David Middleton on behalf of LW…
friends, FOES and families - Betrayed by a word, betrayed with a kiss: Judas and Jesus
friends, FOES and families - Betrayed by a word, betrayed with a kiss: Judas and Jesus
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Betrayed by a word, betrayed with a kiss: Judas and Jesus Matthew 26, 27 God our Judge, none of us sees clearly the consequences of our actions: when we know we’ve made a wrong decision, give us strength to seek reconciliation...
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:111, 112 The word of God comes to us in several ways. Supremely in Jesus who was ‘the Word made flesh’ (cf. John 1.14). Without the Bible Jesus is a contentless word. It is Scripture that gives substance and meaning to his life, death and resurrection. Jesus’ own atti…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 139:23
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 139:23
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 139:23 This psalm speaks of the intimate knowledge God has of each of us. Jesus said as much, in that even the hairs on our head are numbered. There are no other words that match the truth and beauty of this prayer so allow me to say only why it always leaves my soul in a c…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 107:12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 107:12 The disease of this heart is down to rebelling ‘against the words of the Lord’ and lightly regarding ‘the counsel of the most Highest’ (v. 11). Although God is infinitely long-suffering and compassionate this should not be confused with indifference to disobedience…
Prayer: My soul magnifies the Lord
Prayer: My soul magnifies the Lord
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch ADORATION My soul magnifies the Lord! All is ready Stable prepared Shepherds working Magi journeying Gifts are chosen. My soul magnifies the Lord! Continues... CONFESSION Gracious God, you have done so muc…
Thanks to God for this, our Chapel
Thanks to God for this, our Chapel
by Jacqui Horton
Note: on a different occasion the first line could be ‘Thanks to God for this, our building’, or ‘Thanks to God for …. Church’ Thanks to God for this, our Chapel, and its life across the years. For the many scenes its witnessed, host to many hopes and fears. Joy and sadness, j…
Prayer: How can we not sing your praise
Prayer: How can we not sing your praise
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving by John Birch ADORATION How can we not sing your praise? with heart and soul,? proclaim your name? throughout the world? God of creation, awesome in power, Sustainer, Provider, Saviour,?Father of all. Continues... CONFESSION By yo…
Luke for Everyone - The Birth of Jesus
Luke for Everyone - The Birth of Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Birth of Jesus Luke 2.1-20 If you try to point out something to a dog, the dog will often look at your finger instead of at the object you’re trying to point to. This is frustrating, but it illustrates a natural mistake we all make from time to time. It’s the mistake many peo…
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh God must have loved Nineveh. Look how much trouble he took to save it. The right man had to be sent, but what happened when God told him to get on with it? Jonah said, ‘No fear! I’m not going near the place. I’m off in the other direction as …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 12 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 12 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 12 Hosea 1.2–10 Colossians 2.6–19 Luke 11.1–13 Part of the prophetic vocation seems to have been to carry the pain of the message in one’s own soul. Thus it was, at least, with Hosea. Married to a prostitute, he felt not only the pain of Israel but also the pain of God, …
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Few Things You Could Pray For
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Few Things You Could Pray For
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Few Things You Can Pray For 1 Kings 8:31-40 I just had a phone call from the rector of the church where I am to preach on Sunday. It will be Pentecost, and I thought they were asking me just because they wanted a guest preacher for that festival, but she had apparently forgotte…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - How Do You Know?
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - How Do You Know?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Do You Know? Genesis 15: 8-15 A friend of mine has been in the process of falling in love with someone he met through an online dating service. She lives in a city some way away, far enough to make driving there for the weekend possible but not much fun, so he often flies, bu…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9. 1st Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 God wants all people to be saved and to know the truth (1st Timothy 2:4). God alone has provided salvation “for all men”. He is the one God, and Jesus is “the one mediato…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Lent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 2nd Sun of Lent Year B Genesis 17 v 1-7,15-16 Psalm 22 23-31 Romans 4 v 13-25 Mark 8 v 31-38 When Jesus cried out those terrible words from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” he was speaking the first verse of Psalm 22 - actually a song of praise -…
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Advent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday of Advent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday of Advent Yr A Isaiah 35:1-10 Psalm 146:5-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptist had put his full faith in Jesus. He had foretold Jesus’ coming, heralded him as the Lamb of God, sent his own disciples to follow him. But John’s faith had not be…
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