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Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Leadership Challenge
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Leadership Challenge
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Leadership Challenge Psalm 101 The news yesterday reported that a recent poll indicates that people’s distrust of government in the United States is at its highest level ever, and that people have a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future. The apparent air o…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - One Way to Evade Compassion Fatigue
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - One Way to Evade Compassion Fatigue
by SPCK - John Goldingay
One Way to Evade Compassion Fatigue Psalm 79 The expression “compassion fatigue” has been around for a while. The nature of modern communications media means that we become instantly aware of suffering in different parts of the world, but we cannot deal with all that suffering or…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Bring Back! Come Back!
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Bring Back! Come Back!
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Bring Back! Come Back! Psalm 80 It’s nearly three hundred years since the First Great Awakening, a revival of religious life in Britain and even more in the British colonies in America a few decades before the War of Independence. This First Great Awakening was mostly a movement …
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On the Relationship between Worship and Sermon
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On the Relationship between Worship and Sermon
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On the Relationship between Worship and Sermon Psalm 81 We went to the first regular seminary chapel service of the quarter yesterday, and there was lots of resounding singing, (tuneful) shouting, and melodious guitar and piano (equivalent to the harp?). There were no horns this …
Times and Seasons - Resurrection God
Times and Seasons - Resurrection God
by Jan Berry
A communion prayer for Easter Prayer of Thanksgiving Resurrection God, meeting us in our questioning, our searching for what is real, our clinging to what we know, meet with us now in bread and wine. We give you thanks for this bread, broken and shared in the brokenness of our gr…
Times and Seasons - The place of resurrection
Times and Seasons - The place of resurrection
by Jan Berry
An Easter prayer of approach The place of resurrection In the place of weeping, where we come, bringing our lost hopes and memories Risen God, greet us with the promise of new life. In the place of searching, where we do not know what we look for or hope to find, Risen God, greet…
The Living God - God and suffering
The Living God - God and suffering
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
An almighty God: power, compassion and suffering 3 God and suffering For many people the biggest question concerns the existence of suffering and pain in the world. Our deepest intuitions tell us that things are not meant to be like this; that something’s wrong. But why should we…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Before and After Julius Caesar
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Before and After Julius Caesar
by SPCK - N T Wright
2. The Reality of Empire (II) Before and After Julius Caesar Ancient Rome had had a succession of kings, the last being Tarquinus Superbus in the late sixth century BC. Legend named Rome’s first king, the founder of the city in 753 BC, as Romulus. Since, however, there is no cont…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Cooking and meals | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Cooking and meals | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
Our table is set to remind us of meal preparation at home, as well as the meal that Jesus shared with his disciples before he was arrested—a meal that is remembered in services of Holy Communion. A creative and original book of liturgies and reflections for use in worship and als…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Chairs | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Chairs | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
Our theme today is ‘chairs’. We shall spend some time imagining that Jesus is sitting in this empty chair and what we might say to him. A creative and original book of liturgies and reflections for use in worship and also pastoral ministry with older people, who are moving from t…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Tables | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Tables | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
We gather today, remembering the times we have sat at table with families and friends, with colleagues in the canteen or for times of fellowship over a cup of tea. We remember that Jesus, the Christ, sat at tables with friends and foes, and unexpected events often unfolded there.…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Water | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - Water | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
Our service today has the theme of water—something we so often take for granted. We shall think of flood waters, the waters of baptism and Jesus speaking of the living water. A creative and original book of liturgies and reflections for use in worship and also pastoral ministry w…
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - From fire to radiators | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - From fire to radiators | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
There is nothing like an open fire to gather around—although it’s perhaps not so good if you have to clear the ashes! Today we think about fires, heating and a meeting on a beach between Jesus and Peter. A creative and original book of liturgies and reflections for use in worship…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
by SPCK - John Pritchard
A WORD AT THE BEGINNING I’m very glad you’ve found this book and I hope you find it helpful. It follows on from The Intercessions Handbook, which was an attempt to broaden the imaginative range of the intercessions we use in public worship, in small groups and in personal prayer…
Simply Good News - Surprised by God