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52 Reflections on Faith - Emmaus: the eyes of faith
52 Reflections on Faith - Emmaus: the eyes of faith
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Emmaus: The eyes of faith During the last couple of decades or so, a series of fascinating coffee table books called Magic Eye have appeared in the shops. The books contain what, at first sight, look like fairly boring two-dimensional wallpaper patterns, but if you hold the pages…
Christmas Prayer:Thank You
Christmas Prayer:Thank You
by Sue Brown
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession Thank you, Lord for Mary. Thank you for her willingness to do what you asked of her, for the care she took of Jesus while he was a baby and as he grew up. Mary showed great faith in you, trusting you although the way ahead was hard. Remem…
John and Mary, the Mother of Jesus
John and Mary, the Mother 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…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Good Friday
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Good Friday
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service - Good Friday Service Contents: Opening Hymn: My song is love unknown Prayers: Introduction: Reading: Mark 15.1-20 Hymn: In the cross of Christ I glory Reading: Mark 15.29-32 A Chief Priest: Reading: Luke 23.44-49 The Unseen Joseph: Prayer: God of the past and fut…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 95 20/12/15
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 95 20/12/15
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 199
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 199
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
embodying mark - 8 Into the Silence
embodying mark - 8 Into the Silence
by SPCK - meda a a stamper
8 Into the Silence They have been in the story all along, but silent and invisible, unnamed like the woman with her alabaster jar, until now. Even once some of them are named, at the death and the burial (15.40 – 41, 47), still they are motionless and voiceless…
Great Christian Thinkers - 38 Germanus of Constantinople
Great Christian Thinkers - 38 Germanus of Constantinople
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Germanus of Constantinople Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople does not belong among the most representative figures of the Greek-speaking world of Eastern Christianity. Yet his name appears with a certain solemnity in the list of the great champions of sacred images drafted by …
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
1 Creation The Celtic Christian tradition distinctively regards the creation as intimately related to humankind. We all come from the same Source, and therefore have a shared origin in God, who speaks all that exists into being. This sense of the natural world being full of kith …
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 7 Daily Life and Work (Chapter 4)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 7 Daily Life and Work (Chapter 4)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
Daily Life and Work The Celtic tradition perceives God’s presence in and through all of the minutiae of daily life. No moment in the daily round is so small that it cannot be an occasion of being encountered by God. No domestic chore is beyond adaptation to a means of prayer. The…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 5 Prayer (Chapter 2)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 5 Prayer (Chapter 2)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
Prayer The Celtic Christian tradition, both historical and contemporary, leads us to see that every aspect of life may be brought to speech in prayer. This is a vision of life as ongoing prayer, and of prayer as all of life… Taken from Celtic Christian Spirituality by Annotation …
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 10 Social Justice (Chapter 7)