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Lectionary Reflection Year C - A First Monster
Lectionary Reflection Year C - A First Monster
by SPCK - N T Wright
A First Monster Revelation 13.1-10 He wasn’t acting alone. That was the conclusion the enquiry reached after a long investigation into the background of a strange murder in a city street. A foreign diplomat had been stabbed by a young man who ran away, but was caught. At his tria…
Revelation for Everyone - Final Judgement
Revelation for Everyone - Final Judgement
by SPCK - N T Wright
Final Judgement Revelation 20.7-15 John was not the first to suppose that after God’s great act of rescue and restoration there might be a further challenge, a final fling of the powers of evil against the already-redeemed people of God. In one of his favourite books of scripture…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Easter Sunday Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Easter Sunday Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Easter Sunday Isaiah 65.17–25 Acts 10.34–43 Luke 24.1–12 Creation and resurrection are mirror images of each other, and they are held together by the nature and purpose of God. At its simplest, God is Life-giver. That has endless implications and ramifications, all of them glorio…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Last Sunday After Trinity Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Last Sunday After Trinity Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Last Sunday After Trinity Jeremiah 14.7–10, 19–22 2 Timothy 4.6–8, 16–18 Luke 18.9–14 A disciple’s tale: He told another of his stories today. I love his stories – they were one of the things that made me decide to follow him, really. I just couldn’t bear to miss any of them.…
The Things He Carried - 6. The Sins of the World
The Things He Carried - 6. The Sins of the World
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
THE THINGS HE CARRIED 6. The Sins of the World He carried the sins of the world. He carried the harsh words that I reserve for those I love most. He carried the bruising resentfulness of my pride. He carried every one of the petty excuses that I use to defend myself. He carried t…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What are the gospels?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What are the gospels?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
What are the Gospels? Genre First, we need to ascertain what kind of creature we are about to encounter. If we were to treat a cartoon featuring Churchill as though it were a photograph, we would soon make mistakes in its interpretation. Similarly, one does not listen to a fairy …
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
by SPCK - John Pritchard
A WORD AT THE BEGINNING I’m very glad you’ve found this book and I hope you find it helpful. It follows on from The Intercessions Handbook, which was an attempt to broaden the imaginative range of the intercessions we use in public worship, in small groups and in personal prayer…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
From Jerome to the Book of Kells The illuminated gospels Jerome’s translation quickly became the ‘Vulgate’, which means ‘Common’ version. The canonical order of Matthew– Mark–Luke–John applied to Ezekiel’s sequence was fairly standard and the four symbols can be found in frescoes…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
INTRODUCTION We went into the cathedral for Evensong, and there was the verger looking all round for matches to light the candles. The old matchbox was empty, and someone, it seemed, had taken the spare one that was always kept at the back of the cupboard. Now of course you can s…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Jerusalem - the lion's lair or robber's den?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Jerusalem - the lion's lair or robber's den?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Jerusalem – the lion’s lair or robbers’ den? The Temple, Mark 11—13 Mark’s gospel is like a symphony in three movements: we rushed through the first half in a flurry of activity, power and conflict, healings and exorcisms (1—8.26); the second movement was an interlude at a slower…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 84; 1, 2
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 84; 1, 2
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 84. 1, 2 A primary school in the diocese dedicated to St Luke gave me a bird-box which I have nailed near the tree. I imagine St Luke would approve for he captured vividly the image of Jesus comparing himself with a nesting bird gathering chicks under her wings.
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 147:3
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 147:3
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 147:3 God’s healing is both spiritual and physical. We can pray for God to heal both the broken heart and the broken body. The health that comes to our broken bodies through modern medicine is by comparison with the age of the psalms and the time of Jesus nothing short of m…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 149:4
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 149:4
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 149:4 What a glorious place to end! The thought that God takes pleasure in us supplants all those other false notions of God being rather fed up with us. The problem with low self-esteem, which afflicts so many of us, is that we project this on to how God must see us. When …
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 77:3, 6
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 77:3, 6
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 77:3, 6 The walk with God is seldom straight or level. There are dales and vales. The route through them is not always according to God’s mapping. We travel badly sometimes because of our poor sense of moral direction. These journeyings, occasionally with tears, are neverth…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 38:8, 10