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prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
by Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas year A John 1: 10-18 Prayer/Meditation on John 1: 10-18 Dear God, when we look back and realise how few people recognised you when you came to be with us, we are amazed at the ignorance and lack of perception of all the others. But hindsight is such …
For the beginning of another year
For the beginning of another year
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For the beginning of another year Time flies. The years slip away. Spring soon turns to winter and the days become shorter in the passing. Never-ageing God, when we begin to count the years it seems impossible that so many have passed. How did they slip by so quickly? Is …
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas Present (Christmas A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas Present "She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel." (Luke 2:7) "Don't be afraid. I'm he…
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Christmas barbed and barbarous (Advent 4A) Reflection accompanying image Christmas barbed and barbarous "they shall name him Emmanuel, which means, God is with us" Matthew 1:23 When juxtaposed with an image of barbed wire the definition of the word bar…
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
Imagining the lectionary: what do i hear and see? (Advent 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: what do I hear and see? (Advent 3A) Reflection accompanying image Blocked off windows in Cotswolds house “Go and tell John what you hear and see” (Matthew 11:4) This is a house with history. The mellow Cotswold stone leaves no doubt as to what befell th…
From a prison cell
From a prison cell
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 11.2-11 Monologue: From a prison cell I shouldn’t have doubted. I should have known. And trusted. But I’d been in this prison too long. And I’m only human. I know! I know! That wasn’t how people saw me. They saw a loud-mouthed, opinionated, w…
Prayer based on James 5
Prayer based on James 5
by Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday in Advent Year A James 5: 7-10 Prayer: based on James 5: 7-10 It may be a virtue, but being patient is one of the most difficult lessons to learn, especially when our instincts are to act, t o do something to move things on. We find it so difficult to understand when…
Weird wild and wonderful words
Weird wild and wonderful words
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Poem Weird, wild and wonderful words Words have a life all their own. Beguiling, begetting, beginning again to grasp, gasp, gaze at the craft that carves creation. Weird, wild and wonderful words initiate, inspire, and induce sta…
Imagining the Lectionary: wholeheartedly faithful (Proper 24C / Ordinary 29C)
Imagining the Lectionary: wholeheartedly faithful (Proper 24C / Ordinary 29C)
by David Perry
Reflection based on Psalm 119 to go with the image "Statue in a whirl" or "Comedy and Tragedy" could also be used to illustrate the comedy and tragedy aspect, but you will need 'Statue in the Whirl' image when you you refer to it within the text.
Elijah
Elijah
by Marjorie Dobson
A narrative piece in which Elijah reflects on the circumstances that have led him to flee from the anger of Jezebel. Set at the point of 1 Kings 19. 4-8 Short Extract: What kind of a prophet do I think I am? What am I doing here, crouching under a tree, miles from anywhere and sc…
Fine New Wedding Hymns to tunes most guests would know
Fine New Wedding Hymns to tunes most guests would know
by Ian Miles
* Well-crafted contemporary Wedding Hymns, thoughtfully expressed in accessibly traditional terms ~ and easily joinable-in by regular or occasional churchgoers alike. * They each celebrate marriage in a Christian context, often within a traditional Trinitarian structure. The word…
Grand designs
Grand designs
by Paul Dowling
Drama based on a TV programme that retells the parable of the two housebuilders. This item will download as 07041005041479.doc Extract: 'GRAND DESIGNS' Cast: Presenter First housebuilder ('One') Second housebuilder ('Two') 2 housebuilders stand to R and L of dais respectively. Pr…
Strange tongues