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Monologue/drama: Elisha – the day after
Monologue/drama: Elisha – the day after
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/drama: Elisha – the day after … Did I really see that chariot of fire, or have I been dreaming? Was it a whirlwind, or just an ordinary desert storm? Was it all just a mirage and the sand blowing in my eyes made me think there were horses? And maybe the chariot just w…
Mountain View
Mountain View
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Mountain View Proper 25 year A Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 All that time. All that effort. All those problems, The harassment and heartache; the complaints and confusion; the disobedience and doubts; the miracles and mayhem; the battles and bewilderment; the progress and provocati…
Imagining the Lectionary: it is through our brokenness that we glimpse another world (Epiphany 5B)
Imagining the Lectionary: it is through our brokenness that we glimpse another world (Epiphany 5B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: it is through our brokenness that we glimpse another world (Epiphany 5B) Reflection accompanying image “looking through the knot hole in the fence with face and text” That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with dem…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Sunday Next Before Lent 2 Kings 2.1–12 2 Corinthians 4.3–6 Mark 9.2–9 Elijah is taking part in his own funeral procession. Everywhere he goes, people come out to watch him, the coffin, go past. The people do not speak to him. It’s almost as though they think that he has alrea…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Easter Day Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Easter Day Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Easter Day Isaiah 25.6-9 Philippians 15.1–11 Mark 16.1-8 After all the horror, and the crowds and the noise of the day of Jesus’s crucifixion, this chapter of Mark’s Gospel starts quietly. We have already seen these women at the crucifixion scene, but we hardly noticed them there…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Palm Sunday Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Palm Sunday (Liturgy of the Passion) Isaiah 50.4–9a Philippians 2.5–11 Mark 14.1—15.47 ‘In spite of that, we call this Friday good.’ They didn’t at the time, but Jesus’ surprised friends, and some very surprised enemies, quickly found themselves telling the horrid and brutal tale…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4.32–35 1 1 John 1.1—2.2 John 20.19–31 The recent popularity of The Lord of the Rings has helpfully given new vitality to the word ‘fellowship’. The people who make up the ‘fellowship of the ring’ are not natural allies. They have little in comm…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 24 Year B