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LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Exodus 33: 12-23 Thessalonians 1: 1-10 Matthew 22: 15-22 In the first Narnia story by CS Lewis – “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” – one of the children asks if Aslan (the lion who allegorically represents Jesus) is “safe”. “Of …
Hymn: Each hour marks a mighty resurrection
Hymn: Each hour marks a mighty resurrection
by Andrew Pratt
Each hour marks a mighty resurrection, a time of overcoming fate and fear, the dawning of a common understanding in which the grace of God is drawing near. Each morning brings a sense of new creation. New life, new love, encompasses the earth. New time, new light illuminates the …
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Is Anything Stable?
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Is Anything Stable?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Is Anything Stable? Psalm 89: 1-37 My wife once lived in a house on the side of a canyon in California that seemed capable of tumbling into the ocean if there was an earthquake, and after one worrying quake not far away she took to checking the weekly earthquake reports. Apparent…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - The Last Words of David
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - The Last Words of David
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Last Words of David 2 Samuel 23: 1- 38 Even when one makes allowance for the way it can pour, living in Southern California of course spoils you. My son and his family from England have just stayed with us for a week, and they laughed when I apologized that it wasn’t so warm.…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - The Rhythm of Pilgrimage
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - The Rhythm of Pilgrimage
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Rhythm of Pilgrimage Deuteronomy 15: 19- 16: 17 Five or six miles from where I live is an Episcopal church whose leadership and congregation recently decided to withdraw from its identification with the Episcopal Church in the United States, while staying Anglican in a broade…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - A Journey and a Settlement
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - A Journey and a Settlement
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Journey and a Settlement Genesis 10: 21- 11: 2 A decade ago, we moved from Britain to the United States, and an Indonesian joined us to share in caring for my wife, Ann, with her disability. When she and her husband went home, a Kenyan took her place. When she and her husband w…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How to Be a Mixed-up Person
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How to Be a Mixed-up Person
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Be a Mixed-up Person JUDGES 6:25- 40 This week I asked a group of students what impressions their Christian background had given them about prayer. One of the recurrent themes was that we need to be a bit careful how we talk to God. You don’t complain to God, question God,…
Poem: To dish the dirt we need to know
Poem: To dish the dirt we need to know
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: To dish the dirt we need to know To dish the dirt we need to know the detail of a life, and advocates must understand the truth, to counter strife. Yet knowing all, the Christ of God was willing to defend a remnant, rabble, humankind, to care, to bind, to mend. A paraclete,…
We will love the God we worship
We will love the God we worship
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: We will love the God we worship Proper 25 year A Matthew 22: 41-46 We will love the God we worship with each mind and soul and heart, seek to heed the words of Jesus, sharing grace through every part. We will live the words we utter, loving neighbours that we meet... TUNE: …
Puppet Talk: Thankful for Mums
Puppet Talk: Thankful for Mums
by Paul Welch
A puppet sketch about being thankful for what mums do for their children. Puppet Talk - Thankful for Mums Hello, The other day I was out shopping with my Gran and I wanted to get something for my mum. It wasn’t her Birthday or anywhere near Christmas I just wanted to get somethin…
A Man at the Well at the Sheep Gate
A Man at the Well at the Sheep Gate
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of the healing of the man at the pool by the sheep gate from the point of view of that man. Should you like this and like to have more of …
A Tale from a Riverbank
A Tale from a Riverbank
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan by John from the point of view of a bystander waiting his turn to be baptised . A Tale From a Rive…
A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Finds Truth in a Jar of Wine
A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Finds Truth in a Jar of Wine
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events at the wedding feast in Cana from the point of view of the steward responsible for supplying the wine. A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Find…
Nicodemus Muses on Experiencing a Death and No Rebirth
Nicodemus Muses on Experiencing a Death and No Rebirth
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of Nicodemus's vist to Jesus where the concept of being born again is foirst mentioned from the point of view of Nicodemus. Nicodemus Muse…
Walking Below The Tideline
Walking Below The Tideline
by Andy Lindley
A meditation, formed while walking on the beach in Whitby, but reflecting on life as a Christian. Brought to mind again recently while visiting Antony Gormley's another place, and seeing this couple emulating the metal figurines, staring into the sea from the shore.
Jesus denied by Peter