Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Binding and releasing (Proper 18A/Ordinary 23A) Reflection accompanying images “Unlocking the heart” and “Hinge between light and dark” This impressive and imposing charm bracelet padlock at the bottom of Newhall Hill in Birmingham marks the start of the…
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Measuring faith in footsteps (Proper 17/Ordinary 22 A) Reflection accompanying images “Ground level depth of field and “Taking up the cross” “You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” Then J…
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a child
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a child
by Isabel Smears
Feeding the 5000 through the eyes of a little child An old man tells this tale to his grand-children: ‘When I was a small boy, my mother used to give me a little basket with some food in it, and send me off outside, so that she could get on with her work. One day, as I was playin…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
From Jerome to the Book of Kells The illuminated gospels Jerome’s translation quickly became the ‘Vulgate’, which means ‘Common’ version. The canonical order of Matthew– Mark–Luke–John applied to Ezekiel’s sequence was fairly standard and the four symbols can be found in frescoes…
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer F
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer F
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
14 Eucharistic Prayer F Prayer F is probably the richest prayer in terms of its theology and strong memorable images. Its origins lie in the fourth-century Eucharistic Prayer of St Basil, still in occasional use in the Eastern churches. In the West it has been experienced, in a v…
Transforming Preaching - Involving the congregation
Transforming Preaching - Involving the congregation
by SPCK - David Heywood
4 Involving the congregation Interactive preaching Tim Stratford tells of the time he preached to a new congregation for the first time. To help give him confidence, he had chosen an existing sermon which had gone well on a previous occasion. But in the new church it met only gla…
Transforming Preaching - The varieties of structure
Transforming Preaching - The varieties of structure
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation The varieties of structure In the previous section we looked at the use of structure as the skeleton of your sermon, providing an outline that keeps all the component parts in their proper place without drawing attention to itself. We …
Transforming Preaching - Using visual images
Transforming Preaching - Using visual images
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation Using visual images The first two vital ingredients in any sermon are the message and the structure, deciding what God is calling you to say and planning how you want to say it. The third ingredient provides the vital spark that makes …
Transforming Preaching - The elements of structure
Transforming Preaching - The elements of structure
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation The elements of structure The first stage in sermon preparation is getting the message: knowing what you want to say. The next is deciding how best to say it: giving your sermon a structure. Once you reach the point of discerning the m…
Transforming Preaching - Language to listen to
Transforming Preaching - Language to listen to
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation Language to listen to A sermon is a spoken event. The ‘sermon’ is not the script, even where that script is available to take away and read, but the event in which the sermon is delivered and the congregation responds. That event takes…
Transforming Preaching - The sermon as a learning event
Transforming Preaching - The sermon as a learning event
by SPCK - David Heywood
2 The sermon as a learning event To change is to learn. A process of transformation is therefore a process of learning. In the previous chapter I suggested that the goal of preaching is transformation. Transformation involves people taking in new information, coming to see the wo…
Here we are again
Here we are again
by Paul Glass
Zak and Mac meet up a year after Pentecost and discuss the events of the previous year Acts Ch. 2 vs. 1-21 Here we are again. Zak: So mate, where did you say you were from again? Mac: Pamphylia mate. Zak: Oh…yeah. I hear it’s really nice there. Very…sunny. Mac: If you like that k…
journeying with mark yr B - Further reading and resources
journeying with mark yr B - Further reading and resources
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Further reading and resources There are many good commentaries on Mark’s Gospel. The one you choose will be down to your own personal taste. The list below is not exhaustive but includes some of the best commentaries on Mark...
journeying with mark yr B - Copyright acknowledgements
journeying with mark yr B - Copyright acknowledgements
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Copyright acknowledgements The publisher and author acknowledge with thanks permission to reproduce extracts from the following. Every effort has been made to seek permission to use copyright material reproduced in this book. The publisher apologizes for those cases where permiss…
Transforming Preaching - About the author
Transforming Preaching - About the author
by SPCK - David Heywood
About the author David Heywood is Director of Pastoral Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon. He has served in parish ministry in Gloucestershire, south London and the Potteries. Before ordination, he trained as a teacher and taught for three years in Luton, Bedfordshire. He has a d…
How do we get there?
How do we get there?
by Paul Glass
A meditation on journeying with and towards Jesus John Ch. 14 vs. 1-14 How do we get there? I have a strange relationship with my sat nav. That soothing, slightly disembodied voice that tells me what to do and I do it. That little blue car on the purple line that represents my pr…
Times and Seasons - Foreign Fields