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Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150
Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150 Great God, you bring light and life into the world: we praise you and thank you. Creative God, you give us the gift of music to play, to sing, to bring joy: we praise you and thank you. Inspiring God, you help our sprits to lift and our feet …
Poem: Mary Magdalene
Poem: Mary Magdalene
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Mary Magdalene My name is Mary, common enough in my time to need to be identified by place, or family. Mine is such a name. They call me the Magdalene. People call me other names. Some claim I was a prostitute, perhaps because the town whose name I bear is famous for that t…
Poem: A strange new day
Poem: A strange new day
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: A strange new day This is the day when perfume remained unopened, spices were no longer needed, cloths and sponges were unused. This is the day when stone was no barrier, soldiers abandoned guard duty, grave clothes and tomb were empty. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
The Gospel According to twilight - Is Twilight Bad News for Girls?
The Gospel According to twilight - Is Twilight Bad News for Girls?
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Is Twilight Bad News for Girls? Chapter Three First of all, we have to acknowledge that something about Bella resonates with girls around the world. At the time of this writing the Twilight series has been translated into more than forty languages. Even when readers dislike Bella…
The Gospel According to twilight - Born Again
The Gospel According to twilight - Born Again
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Born Again Chapter 5 Vampire stories are all about forbidden fruit, which means they are about hunger, temptation, deceit, sin, and death. Twilight is thoroughly vampiric in this way. But as anyone who has read Genesis knows, sin doesn’t have the last word. Love wins the day. The…
The Gospel According to twilight - Golden Eyes and Granite Flesh
The Gospel According to twilight - Golden Eyes and Granite Flesh
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Golden Eyes and Granite Flesh Chapter 6 For the first three-and-a-half novels of the Twilight series, Bella longs to become a vampire. She wants to stay young forever with Edward. She yearns to be part of the Good Family, the Cullens. And she craves freedom from the clumsiness, w…
The Gospel According to twilight - Thirst, Forbidden Fruit in Forks
The Gospel According to twilight - Thirst, Forbidden Fruit in Forks
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Thirst Forbidden Fruits in Forks Chapter Four What we really need to know about the Twilight novels, with all their plots, themes, and drama, is that the driving force of this story is desire. This is a tale of unremitting hunger. It is a saga of raw, elemental need and of the le…
The Gospel According to twilight - Those Who Must Be Obeyed
The Gospel According to twilight - Those Who Must Be Obeyed
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Those Who Must Be Obeyed Chapter 7 The Volturi and the Corruption of Power The first time we read of the Cullens a mere handful of pages into Twilight, we encounter the language of the angelic. The Cullens are beautiful in the manner of angels in a Renaissance masterpiece. With t…
The Gospel According to twilight - I'm Only Half Of Me
The Gospel According to twilight - I'm Only Half Of Me
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
I’m Only Half of Me Chapter Two The Dread of Being Single in Twilight In Twilight, as we’ve seen, the basic unit of the Good Family is a man and woman paired for eternity. At the heart of the narrative universe of family life is the expectation that all “normal” people are with p…
The Gospel According to twilight - The Good Family
The Gospel According to twilight - The Good Family
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
The Good Family Chapter One Every great story lives in a narrative universe with its own internal logic. Readers quickly come to recognize the logic of the story world. In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, for example, hobbits are comfort-loving creatures of small stature who fear going on…
The Gospel According to twilight - Introduction
The Gospel According to twilight - Introduction
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
INTRODUCTION My daughter, an engineering graduate student, had scarcely gotten into the car with her suitcase when she thrust a book into my hands. Twilight. “Mom, you should read this,” she said. “Vampires?” I asked. Really? I had better things to do over Christmas break, and I …
friends, FOES and families - Maundy Thursday: I am innocent of this man's blood
friends, FOES and families - Maundy Thursday: I am innocent of this man's blood
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Maundy Thursday: I am innocent of this man’s blood Luke 22.66-23.25 An inch is the gap between right and wrong, between the cool of the house and the dazzling sun. One step only out into the glare the door slams quickly, you must leave there. Forced to choose either left or right…
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
friends, FOES and families - Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Good Friday: several excuses for not following Jesus to the cross I was too busy – it had been a horrendous week. By Friday I’m always exhausted. I had the shopping to do before everything shut for Sabbath. Everyone deserves a bit of time to themselves, don’t they? I did think ab…
friends, FOES and families - Holy Saturday: the empty room