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Open with God Book - The Ascension Of Christ Prayer
Open with God Book - The Ascension Of Christ Prayer
by Christine Odell
General prayer for worship or meetings Based on Acts 1:1-11 God of today, of yesterday and of tomorrow. we find it very hard to let go of much in our lives; we want to hold on to what we love like the disciples who held on to the ascending Jesus with their heaven-cast eyes...
Imagining the Lectionary- Pentecost Mashup
Imagining the Lectionary- Pentecost Mashup
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Pentecost Mashup Reflection accompanying images: “Can these dry bones live”, “Creator spirit”, “Spirit 1” and “Spirit 2” Can these dry bones live This ancient question, arising out of the harrowing history of God's people in Exile and voiced by God thr…
Imagining the Lectionary: Sanctified by the truth (Easter 7B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Sanctified by the truth (Easter 7B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Sanctified by the truth (Easter 7B) Reflection accompanying images “Salts mill gallery looking at 8 portraits by David Hockney” and “Looking at Yosemite montage by David Hockney” Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17) A family visit…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Reaches Athens
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Reaches Athens
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul Reaches Athens Acts 17.10-21 There seems to be an increasing fashion in the sporting world, especially in sports that originated in Europe, for ‘World Cup’ contests, and similar events organized in geographical regions. Unless you are a very avid sports fan, these events see…
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being If love is the centre of God’s being and we are surrounded by that love, why is it that we find it so hard to love certain other people? Is it a matter of overcoming prejudice? Jesus did that. Is it a matter of disagree…
Imagining the Lectionary: Going Underground (Easter 2B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Going Underground (Easter 2B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Going Underground (Easter 2B) Reflection accompanying images “Going underground” and “Peace be with you atomic bomb” The Jam's great 1980 hit "Going Underground" is an edgy, powerful and raw indictment both of a society which fails to challenge and stan…
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap Monday?
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap Monday?
by David Perry
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap MondayReflection accompanying image “Carnaby street easter testimony” Walking down Carnaby Street in London you just can't miss the eye catching skull logo of the Cheap Monday Store. Such death-in-your-face design is an interesti…
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
by David Perry
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith Reflection accompanying image “Zero point datum on York Station” Waiting on York Station last week I happened upon the Zero Post. What I read on the plaque above it straightaway sparked off thoughts of Easter. "The centre of…
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church
by David Perry
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church Reflection accompanying image “The curtain of the temple was torn in two” and "You can't evict an idea". On Good Friday in Jerusalem, as Jesus died, we are told that the sky went dark, an earthquake struck, and the curtain in the Temple …
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter
by David Perry
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter Reflection accompanying image “Shopping for Easter” The shops are full of Easter gifts. One of the local pubs is even displaying a large sign which says "Come and celebrate Easter with us". Good times lie ahead. Shoppers are spoilt for choice and…
Were You There? - Stations of the Cross Service
Were You There? - Stations of the Cross Service
by Christine Odell
Were you there…? A service of meditations based on the Stations of the Cross including an order of service, suggested hymns, Bible readings and 14 meditations. 2. Jesus bears his cross I watched his father, Joseph, As he fashioned the boy’s cradle. His cradle was made of the fine…
Good Friday Service