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Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
by Andrew Pratt
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?' 'What are you doing this afternoon?' I'd been referred to an ophthalmologist. He thought I might lose my sight. There was a possibility of chronic glaucoma. This was 11 o'clock. By 3 that afternoon I'd had laser treatmen…
The Accused
The Accused
by Andrew Pratt
Meditation/monologue/drama: The Accused Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Romans 8: 1-11 'The accused'! It felt strange standing there and hearing those words. They were talking about me. Fair enough I suppose, but we never like to hear the truth about ourselves do we? 'The accused'!…
The shepherd mind had open eyes
The shepherd mind had open eyes
by Andrew Pratt
The shepherd mind had open eyes to calibrate the worth, to see beyond the poverty divine in human birth. These shepherd hands had held a lamb, had weighed* the new-born flesh. In every birth of lamb or child our hope is born afresh. Verses 3-4 follow *The older word, ‘hef…
Treasures abounding, wonders confounding
Treasures abounding, wonders confounding
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Treasures abounding, wonders confounding Proper 12 year A Matthew 13: 31 – 33, 44 – 52 Treasures abounding, wonders confounding limits and concepts humanly held; pearls of great treasure, love beyond measure, graciously given, never compelled. Yeast for our baking, loaves w…
Take,eat; this is my body
Take,eat; this is my body
by Rev David East
Original image 'Painting Remember Me' by Rev David East Image modified and text added by Twelvebaskets Ltd TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image pro…
Lectio Divina - Listening
Lectio Divina - Listening
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Listening If we want our time spent with the Bible to be productive, we need to listen intensely, with a listening heart (lev shomea, 1 Kings 3.9). The entire Bible is predicated on the fact that God speaks and people listen. People in the Bible walk by faith and not by sight, be…
Hymns of John Schimminger - Now We Are Gathered
Hymns of John Schimminger - Now We Are Gathered
by John Schimminger
A new communion text set to my original arrangement of an old folk melody, Maa Bonny Lad. This tune from Northumberland, on the border between England and Scotland, was adapted by Swedish folk singer Olle Adolphson in 1967 with his own text Ge Mig En Dag ("Give Me One Day") also …
Lord of ages past remembering