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Poem: Narrative
Poem: Narrative
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Narrative Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end. But where do we start with God? If God is the source of all being, how far back must we go to find the start of everything? And where is the middle? Is it in the emergence of the human race? Or at the point wh…
Poem: Strange witnesses
Poem: Strange witnesses
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Strange witnesses Strange witnesses to chose – who had been speaking of unbelievable stories, now imagining ghostly happenings, not believing their own eyes, Strange words Jesus chose – ‘Peace be with you,’ offered to frightened minds scared by his presence and looking for …
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Sleep
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Sleep
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
It may seem strange to some of us to think that entering into sleep could be prayer. Many of us say prayers before we turn off the light, but we seldom think of consciously giving ourselves over to the losing of our daytime awareness for the mysteries of sleep and dreams. Attende…
January
January
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: January (the month is named after the Roman god, Janus, whose two faces looked in opposite directions and who was the god of doors, or openings.) At the turning of the year that two-faced Roman god looks longingly back, yet urges us forward into the unknown. We stand at the…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - In Praise of Jesus Christ
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - In Praise of Jesus Christ
by SPCK - N T Wright
In Praise of Jesus Christ Colossians 1.15-20 I flicked the switch to turn on the television. I didn’t know what the programme would be; I was tired at the end of a long day and just wanted to relax for a few minutes. The sound came on a little before the picture appeared. A voice…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - In the Beginning
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - In the Beginning
by SPCK - John Goldingay
In the Beginning Genesis 1: 1 Our son and daughter-in-law were showing us photographs of our two grandchildren. In one of them, the two children were sitting in the back of the car looking very solemn. “I think we had just had the birds-and-the-bees talk,” our son explained. Wher…
Mystical hints
Mystical hints
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Mystical hints Reflection on Genesis 1.1-5 and John 1.1-5 The strands of God’s identity weave together in the blending of these creation stories. John offers the reader mystical and metaphysical hints to the mystery of the Word, …
In the beginning God created v3
In the beginning God created v3
by Mark Boulton
Text Genesis 1 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' Set against NASA background image cosmos. Other images in this series: In the beginning God created - Psalm 19 In the beginning God created v2- Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God - Psalm 19 The h…
The Open Gate - Candle Prayers