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Obedience
Obedience
by Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year A Psalm 119: 33-40; Romans 7: 7-25 Reflection, Poem: Obedience Regulations restrict, citing me to rebellion. Laws point me to lawlessness. Written rules to the breaking of them. It is my nature not to do what should be done and my selfishness sa…
Candles five
Candles five
by Rose humphrey
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We justify the things we do
We justify the things we do
by Andrew Pratt
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Year A Psalm 119: 1 – 8; Matthew 5: 21 – 37 Hymn: We justify the things we do, We justify the things we do, we veil our acts with lies. We argue round and round by turns, and peer through our disguise. The law that Christ would have us keep goes well …
When all the stars burn out
When all the stars burn out
by Andrew Pratt
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year A Matthew 5: 13 – 20 Hymn: When all the stars burn out, When all the stars burn out, or all the seas run dry, God's love and law will still remain, they soar beyond the sky... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England,…
10 commandments
10 commandments
by Rachel Marsh
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God’s aim is love for all who live
God’s aim is love for all who live
by Andrew Pratt
Proper 21 year A Matthew 21: 23-32 God’s aim is love for all who live together on this earth, for in God’s eyes each person shares a common rank and worth. So tangled up in argument we miss what matters most... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, Engl…
Drama: That’s all you ever give us – rules
Drama: That’s all you ever give us – rules
by Andrew Pratt
Drama: That’s all you ever give us – rules! Voice 1 Rules, rules, rules! That’s all you ever give us. RULES! Up the mountain, down the mountain. MORE RULES! And you say they come from God? Are you sure that you haven’t just concocted them yourself? None of them look like much fun…
Leave a little for the needy?
Leave a little for the needy?
by Andrew Pratt
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year A Leviticus 19; 1 -2; 9 – 18; Psalm 119:33-40; 1 Corinthians 3:10- 11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Hymn: Leave a little for the needy? Leave a little for the needy? This will meet the Bible’s law, but a living Christian spirit takes us further, asks …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:111-112
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:111-112 There’s a joyless religion that should be avoided like the plague. There’s a certain personality that obsesses with detail; it becomes preoccupied with rules and ritual; it prefers the letter of the law to the spirit of the law. Jesus clashed with this sort of p…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Warning: Don't Trust the Flesh
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Warning: Don't Trust the Flesh
by SPCK - N T Wright
Warning: Don’t Trust in the Flesh Philippians 3.1-6 If you saw a movie advertisement which highlighted the word FLESH, you would know what it meant. Pornography, no doubt. Graphic sexual scenes, quite likely. Or at least that’s what they would want you to think, to try to lure yo…
John for Everyone part 2 - If the World Hates You