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Leftovers
Leftovers
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/character piece - Leftovers Proper 13 year A Matthew 14: 13 – 21 What I want to know is what are they going to do with all those leftovers? Twelve baskets, they said they had. Twelve baskets! Considering that when they all sat down in the first place, they claimed there…
My father, Jacob
My father, Jacob
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem - My father, Jacob Proper 13 year A Genesis 32: 22 – 31 My father didn’t have a limp before. He said he’d wrestled with a man all night and, though he claimed he’d never given in, his injury had proved his need to fight. We’d left him at the far side of the stream. He often …
Grant us wisdom
Grant us wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: Grant us wisdom Proper 12 year A 1 Kings 3: 5-12 When dislike teeters on the brink of hatred: God grant us wisdom. When prejudice threatens to overwhelm balanced judgement: God grant us wisdom. When disinterest in the welfare of others begins to turn into apath…
Holding the pebble
Holding the pebble
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Holding the pebble Proper 12 year A Matthew 13: 31 – 33 That pebble was smooth, hard and cold, inanimate, unyielding, shaped by countless years of pounding seas and rocks. Like millions more, it seemed – yet not the same. (Published 2008 in Nothing Too Religious – Andrew Pr…
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Parables, Foxgloves and the morphology of discipleship (Proper 10A, Ordinary 15A) Reflection accompanying image “foxgloves and bee illustrating the morphology of discipleship”. When the sun came out after a day of prolonged rain the foxgloves dripped a…
Crying in the Wilderness
Crying in the Wilderness
by David A. Campton
Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist in Belfast Based on Isaiah 40:3-5 and inspired by Janet Lees It can be lonely crying in the wilderness In the inner city wastelands And run-down sixties housing estates Crying out “Get ready for God.” Straighten up the paths Repair the p…
A Trinitarian Creed
A Trinitarian Creed
by David A. Campton
Trinity and Creation A Trinitarian Creed We believe in one God, A community of three in a unity of being. We believe in the Creator, Creator of sky, earth and sea, Maker of microbes and plants birds, animals and fish, and us… Creator of all that is, seen, unseen and unimaginable.…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 22 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 22 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 22 Isaiah 5.1–7 Philippians 3.4b-14 Matthew 21.33–46 The people listening to the story of the vineyard would have responded to it on a number of different levels. Some of them would have recognized this vineyard from Isaiah 5 a…
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity - the art of visualising divine presence and purpose
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Trinity – the art of visualising divine presence and purpose. Reflection accompanying images “revealing the presence”, “heart shaped shutters on tower of parish church” and “artist and canvas”. "The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the e…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 23 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 23 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 23 Exodus 32.1–14 Philippians 4.1–9 Matthew 22.1–14 The party was ready, the guests were on the way, but somehow they got distracted. Today’s gospel fits Exodus 32 like a glove, forming a combined warning. Readers of Exodus p…
Pentecost People
Pentecost People
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: Pentecost People – Acts 2: 1-21- (Could be used as a substitute for a sermon, or in an interactive service, or in a discussion group. The characters could lead into topics for discussion or conversation.) Reader - Acts 2: 1-21 Narrator: Can you imagine what it must have be…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 14 year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 14 year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 14 Genesis 37.1–4, 12–28 Romans 10.5–15 Matthew 14.22–33 A recently published letter from Qumran (4QMMT) helps us to see what Paul is talking about here. It mostly contains priestly regulations. But the last part is a fresh t…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 13 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 13 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 13 Genesis 32.22–31 Romans 9.1–5 Matthew 14.13–21 A well-known bishop wrote a book not long ago called Limping into the Sunrise. It was, of course, alluding to this story of Jacob; which was all very well, except that at the …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 10 Year A