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Poem-Communion
Poem-Communion
by Valerie Anslow
A poem composed while running the Great North Run for Alzheimer's Society. Communion Click! Smile. Look this way. Click! Celluloid snap shots of moments Suspended in time. Open the pages into the past and remember. Memories caught in sepia, monochrome, colour. Open up the file of…
The Open Gate - The Eucharistic Prayer - Prayers 3&4
The Open Gate - The Eucharistic Prayer - Prayers 3&4
by SPCK - David Adam
The Eucharistic Prayer [He] took bread and gave you thanks; he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. [Here the priest may break the bread, holding part in each hand and spreading his arms outwards to make the shape of th…
The potter and the clay
The potter and the clay
by Lynda Collier
A short reflection inspired by the picture of God as the potter in Jeremiah 18 : 1-6 . God is the potter I am the clay - He can shape and transform me but sometimes I am unwilling to let Him. Concludes with prayer that He will shape and mould me to His design.
Down to the Core
Down to the Core
by Jane Bingham
A meditation on the image of an apple core and a reflection on personal faith. Down to the core I am down to the core The very last remnant Chewed within an inch of all that I am The flesh seemingly spat out by those who do not value me I am down to the core Forced to draw on the…
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me (Advent 4C) Reflection accompanying image “The mighty one has done great things for me” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favour on the …
Confounded
Confounded
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Confounded Proper 24 year A Matthew 22: 15-22 All he needed was a coin to confound their connivance. Pharisees would not show their faces, so sent their disciples to distract him and the Herodians to harrass him. But malice and menace was their motive and entrapment was the…
Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B)
Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: If you want to you can cleanse me (Epiphany 6B) Reflection accompanying images “If you want to you can cleanse me” and “Hand reaching out to another” A leper came to him, begging on his knees, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." Deeply moved, Jesus put…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 11 Moses
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 11 Moses
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Chapter 11 Moses The wind whistles and rattles across the plain. Harsh and unforgiving, it scours the land, and few things grow. You hear it, and you don’t hear it. It is here, and it is gone. There is a dread chill in the air. Eventually it gets inside you. Then one day the cold…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Teach Me
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Teach Me
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Teach Me Psalm 119: 49-72 I’m grading student papers, and one effect that has on me (alongside making me want to commit suicide) is to make me puzzle over what it is that enables people to learn. There are people who have read the Scriptures with fresh eyes, seen things they had …
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