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Simply Jesus - Battle and Temple
Simply Jesus - Battle and Temple
by SPCK - N T Wright
Battle and Temple First, the battle. Whether we look at the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5—7 or the Nazareth Manifesto in Luke 4; whether we look at the strange language about ‘binding the strong man’ in Matthew 12 or the even stranger language about the ‘coming of the son of m…
Simply Jesus - Further reading
Simply Jesus - Further reading
by SPCK - N T Wright
Further reading It would be possible to compile a bibliography for the present book that would be almost as long as a chapter. An annotated bibliography could easily be as long as the book itself. Instead, I content myself here with noting some recent books that I regard as suppl…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Acknowledgments
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Acknowledgments
by SPCK - John Goldingay
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The translation at the beginning of each chapter (and in other biblical quotations) is my own. I have stuck closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church so that you can see more precisely what the text says. T…
Drama: The Tale of the Pigs
Drama: The Tale of the Pigs
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: The Tale of the Pigs A Here, piggy, piggy! Here, piggy, piggy! B What are you looking for mate? A Here, piggy, piggy! Don’t you think that might give you some clue? Or did you think I was calling my dog? Here, piggy, piggy! B Well, if it’s pigs you’re looking for, I don’t …
Poem: Hope
Poem: Hope
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Hope When tears are the only companion and solace; when worship is empty of devotion and meaning; when the heart is heavy and the soul is weary; when the problems of life are overwhelming; when no one seems to care; when pain and suffering are part of every day; Continues..…
Poem: Children of God
Poem: Children of God
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Children of God The Law was a protection for the Jews. Stay within it, where all is regulated and secure, and nothing could harm them. Children they were, but children of the Law, bound by its restrictions and ever-expanding trivialities. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Meditation - Easter Day Year C
Meditation - Easter Day Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Easter Day Year C A glimmer of hope Luke 24: 1-12 I never imagined they would believe us, not for a minute. A handful of emotional, distraught women, mourning the loss of someone so dear. A harrowing weekend, two nights of lost sleep and a very early morning later, n…
Poem: Greed
Poem: Greed
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Greed Naboth, proud and possessive, promptly refused a buy-out of his birthright. Ahab, sullenly sat sulking, simply because he couldn’t have what he wanted. Jezebel, silky and sly, swiftly solved the problem by sending letters to leaders. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Reflection-The Carpenter's Tale
Reflection-The Carpenter's Tale
by Fiona Green
A carpenter thinks about the wood of the Cross. The Carpenter’s Tale I thought wood so beautiful, In smoothness, in roughness In bands and in rings, with flowerings and seedings. But then the wonder twisted For wood is vulnerable to the axe and the saw, Cut and hewn, each plank c…
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year A
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year A Let me explain Matthew 1: 18-25 Dinner had been a tense, quiet, affair and Joseph could stand it no longer; Mary was definitely avoiding eye contact with him; something was wrong. ‘Mary. What’s the matter? Have I done something wrong? You …
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Just a polite request John 5: 1-9 I'd been there thirty-eight years - almost longer than anyone else. I've seen the front row change with frequent regularity; when one person is healed, another is brought in, often by many well-meaning and…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Not so Naïve, now John 13: 31-35 I told Jesus I loved him. I said I would follow him wherever he went. I even said I was prepared to die for him. ‘Die for me?’ he said, ‘Before the cock crows you’ll have denied even knowing me!’... Created…
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year C
Meditation - 4th sunday of Advent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year C Young, blossoming and… pregnant! Luke 1: 39-55 ‘You’re going to have a baby, Mary! Yes, I know you’re not married, But you’re going to have a baby! And Elizabeth’s going to have a baby too!... Created by david Middleton on behalf of LWPT (…
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (3)
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (3)
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Am I the Messiah? John 10: 22-30 Look Jesus, we really need to know. Are you the Messiah? You keep evading the issue, never really being completely clear, always leaving an element of doubt and keeping us in suspense. Tell us, are you the …
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Saving the Best till last John 2: 1-11 Life was good, really good; work was going well; It looked like we’d be getting a good bonus this year, The kids were all doing well at school, And we were looking forward to a great holiday...…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Lent Year C