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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 31st January 2021

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time               Year B                                                 31st January 2021. Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 18 v15-20.                   A prophet like Moses. Psalm 111                                           Praise the Lord for all that he has done. 1 Corinthians 8 v1-13.                      Honouring God instead of Idols. Mark 1 v21-28                                   A man with an evil spirit. Wisdom and good sense. The Psalmist…

The Upside-Down Kingdom

The Upside-Down Kingdom  by Donald B Kraybill  Marshalls, 1978  318 pages   978 0 551 011 885 Donald Kraybill is, in his own words, ‘a theological layman’. His graduate qualifications in sociology become quickly apparent as you read this book for there is a great deal of sociological reference and explanation in this work – too…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th January 2021

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                                     24th January 2021 Lectionary Readings: Jonah 3 v1-5,10.                    Jonah goes to Nineveh. Psalm 62 v5-12.                     God is powerful and kind. 1 Corinthians 7 v29-31.        The Lord will soon come. Mark 1 v14-20.                      Jesus begins his work. Are you heading in the ‘right’ direction? Some people are told…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 17th January 2021

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.              Year B                                                 17th January 2021 Lectionary Readings: 1 Samuel 3 v1-20.                  The Lord speaks to Samuel. Psalm 139 V1-6, 13-18.         The Lord is always near. 1 Corinthians 6 v12-20.        Honour God with your body. John 1 v 43-51.                      Jesus chooses Philip and Nathanael. ‘The Nearness of You’          A…

A Flame of Love

A Flame of Love : a personal choice of Charles Wesley’s verse  by Timothy Dudley-Smith Triangle (SPCK), 1987   160 pages  Available second-hand from Amazon ISBN 978 0 281 043 002 To remember the bicentenary of the death of Charles Wesley, the greatest of all English hymn writers, as well as the 250th anniversary of…