Music selections and some questions related to the Jane Williams reflection have been posted today. Check out this version of Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin: like Anglican chant, but with feminine imagery. Haunting.
Ian
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19 April 2015: Easter 3
Hymns and songs for 19 April have been added, with a note that many of the hymns throughout the season of Easter will also be appropriate. After the busyness of Easter, perhaps this would be a good time to expand the repertoire!
Jane Williams reflection questions have also been added.
Note that the relevant pages are now “Year B, Part 2”
Ian
Resourcing February 8
Hymns and songs focusing on the ministry of healing have been listed on this page today. The Jane Williams reflection help concerns our responses to the task of Proclamation and how we feel about that.
Another useful resource if you are stuck for musicians:
http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns/Hymn_lyrics
This website has 400 accompaniments for well-known hymns and songs, many of which are free to download (and burn to CD, or whatever works). You can also subscribe for high-quality recordings, although what’s on offer will be adequate for many.
Ian
1 February 2015 (Candlemas)
February 1 has the Principal Feast of “The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas)” which can be observed on the Monday following. The hymn and song selections largely presume you will use the Candlemas readings, but if instead you are using those for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany there are music suggestions for those lections too.
Jane Williams offers reflections on Sunday readings only, so the Epiphany 4 readings apply in that case.
Ian
Resources to January 25
Music resources and Jane Williams reflection resources taking us through to and including January 25 have been posted today.
Ian
Reflection/action for December 28
This Jane Williams reflections page has been updated today. If you want to make use of the suggested congregational action/reflection you will need to do some preparation in advance as the entry makes clear (but not too much!)
The goal of this reflection is to remind us all that Christmas is a broader focus than the Christ-child: that the incarnation invites us all into the life of God as daughters and sons, if only we open ourselves to the Gift of God.
Christmas blessings,
Ian
Jane Williams on Advent 4
Click here for an application of Jane Williams’ interesting comparison between the First Testament reading and the Gospel for Advent 4. So, what’s wrong with a static nativity scene?
Greetings to all who will be wrestling with the familiar Advent/Christmas texts and seeking a fresh take on them this season!
Ian
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