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Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy Week in Abstract
by David Perry
Good Friday Crucifixions: Holy week in Abstract Reflection accompanying image “Henry Moore upright motives monochrome” The first time that I saw this group of Henry Moore's 'Upright Motives' the picture of the three Good Friday crucifixions came instantly to mind. The very fa…
Open with God Book - Flower Festival
Open with God Book - Flower Festival
by Christine Odell
FLOWER FESTIVAL Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Song of Solomon 2.10-13 Place a flower arrangement where everyone can see it. Let us gaze at the flowers: wonder at their colour and intricacy; appreciate their form and beauty; meditate on what they tell us of the beauty and …
2 Corinthians - Grace, Love and Fellowship
2 Corinthians - Grace, Love and Fellowship
by SPCK - N T Wright
Grace, Love and Fellowship 2 CORINTHIANS 13.11-13 The final sentence of 2 Corinthians is one of the most famous lines anywhere in Paul – so famous, in fact, that many people who hear it, or say it regularly, don’t even realize it is by Paul, and wouldn’t be able to find it if the…
Open with God Book - Pentecost Prayer
Open with God Book - Pentecost Prayer
by Christine Odell
General prayer for worship or meetings Based on Acts 2:1-4 Holy Spirit, you came like a roaring wind, unseen, powerful and noisy. Your coming must have shaken the safe house where Christ’s disciples prayed and hid. Blow into your safe church, we pray, and make a noise to wake and…
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
by David Perry
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith Reflection accompanying image “Zero point datum on York Station” Waiting on York Station last week I happened upon the Zero Post. What I read on the plaque above it straightaway sparked off thoughts of Easter. "The centre of…
Open with God Book - Good Friday Prayer
Open with God Book - Good Friday Prayer
by Christine Odell
Good Friday Reading: Mark 15.20b-39 or Mark 15.6-39 Place a cross somewhere prominent and ask those present to reflect on it and the feelings of the first disciples on Good Friday. Nothing can prepare us, loving God, for the reality of this day. We, Christ’s disciples, had not wa…
The Pastoral Letters - Waiting For The Crown