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Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Advent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Third Sunday of Advent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday of Advent Luke 3.7-18 Gaze on all these people arriving at last by the river where John is busy baptizing the penitents. They run on eagerly, but when they get within earshot, they rock back on their heels, as he explodes ‘You brood of vipers!’ Is it for this tha…
friends, FOES and families - Among you stands one you do not know: John the Baptist
friends, FOES and families - Among you stands one you do not know: John the Baptist
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Among you stands one you do not know: John the Baptist John 1.1-32 God of the prophets, we give thanks for John the Baptist, for his potency, his energy, and his willingness to take second place...
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
by David Middleton
Meditation – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A The frightening shopkeeper! Matthew 5: 38-48 I don’t know what it is, I just feel so intimidated by her; there’s something about the way she looks at me, she makes me cringe every time I talk to her; then she snaps at me and I shrin…
GOD's rich Pattern - Up, up and away
GOD's rich Pattern - Up, up and away
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Up, up and away The next five years were incredibly rewarding and challenging. As I grew in confidence as a married woman, I grew in my desire to explore the world around me, and Ralph was the one to help me to do it. His attitude of ‘You’re not disabled, you’re just someone who …
And i looked as i led
And i looked as i led
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem: Vision - And I looked as I led worship Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37: 1-14 And I looked as I led worship and saw the dried and brittle bones of the scattered few before me and there was no life. Too old, too desiccated, too worn out, or lived out ever to be abl…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Introduction
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Introduction
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
For many years now I have written about spirituality in the every-day. It is the every-day in which we live. Being human we often long for something more transcendent than the ordinary, but then we quite often miss that which is numinous and extraordinary right under our noses. S…
friends, FOES and families - Now Laban had two daughters: Leah and Rachel
friends, FOES and families - Now Laban had two daughters: Leah and Rachel
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Now Laban had two daughters: Leah and Rachel Genesis 29-35 God of our youth, our maturity and our ageing, through all the stages of our lives, help us to live in harmony with one another and ourselves...
Last Journeys with Jesus - Holy Week Service
Last Journeys with Jesus - Holy Week Service
by Christine Odell
Last Journeys with Jesus A service of readings, Hymns, eyewitness meditations and prayers suitable for Good Friday/Holy Week Out of the Tomb – John 11:32-44 – Lazarus I am aware of darkness. I am alone and icy cold. I cannot move, for the bonds of death hold me fast. I am beyon…
LWPT Meditations - Sunday Before Advent - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Sunday Before Advent - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sunday Before Advent Yr C Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 I once saw a drama in church in which two angels were waiting in heaven for the first person to benefit from Christ’s sacrifice. The crucifixion was taking place, and the angels …
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year C