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Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: He has risen – explanation mark or question Reflection accompanying image “He has risen” What punctuation should we put around the Easter event Jesus dies; and in a breathtaking step-change of cognitive reframing his disciples come to grasp the eternal…
Poem: The time has come
Poem: The time has come
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The time has come As John had said, ‘the time has come.’ So Jesus, bowing to the Jordan’s waves and rising to the words ‘beloved Son’ and ‘well pleased,’ was willing to be made ready, by desert trial, to take his place in the unfolding story of God’s love. Continues... ©Mar…
Hymn: Beyond the bounds of Galilee
Hymn: Beyond the bounds of Galilee
by Andrew Pratt
Beyond the bounds of Galilee he found his fame had spread, and though he sought for solitude was followed there instead. Both Jew and Gentile came to him that he might meet their needs. He cast out fear, cured many ills, ignoring caste and creeds. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ELLACOMB…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Palm Sunday Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Palm Sunday Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Palm Sunday Isaiah 50.4–9a Philippians 2.5–11 Luke 23.1–49 Luke’s account of the trial and death of Jesus revolves around images of judgement, and images of truth and falsehood. At the start of the chapter, one trial – the trial conducted by the chief priests and scribes of Israe…
friends, FOES and families - Nowhere to lay his head: Jesus
friends, FOES and families - Nowhere to lay his head: Jesus
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Nowhere to lay his head: Jesus Matthew 8.20 God of relationships, when I have no hand to hold, place your hand in mine. All this week we’ve been looking at various stages of married and unmarried life. One of the first things a couple does together, is to make a home and settle d…
Isaiah's Prophecy
Isaiah's Prophecy
by Dave Hopwood
A New Kind of Fishing Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to …
Joseph of Arimathea Asks for the Body of Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea Asks for the Body of Jesus
by Dave Hopwood
Slaughter of the Innocent Bible Ref: Matthew 26 -27; Mark 14 -15; Luke 22-23; John 18-19 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to r…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 11 On Literature
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 11 On Literature
by SPCK - N T Wright
On Literature If, then, we may agree that such a thing as literature exists, and that we can read it and talk sense about it without having our words collapse back upon themselves, it is important that we ask, albeit briefly, what literature itself is, and what we ought to do wit…
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
the historical character of Jesus - 3d Indirect references
by SPCK - David Allen
Indirect references Beyond the direct citation of Jesus material, which does still remain somewhat limited, there are a number of other places in which Paul may be drawing on and reflecting Jesus tradition. These allusions to, or echoes of, Jesus’ teaching are more subjective, an…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 6 The Gospel according to John