Talking Absolute Worship: Recent Episodes
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A panel discussion about the Revised Common Lectionary texts for each with ideas about how they might inspire our preaching and our worship-leading. We've done some of the reading - let us do some of the heavy-lifting!
A panel discussion about how the week's lectionary readings can inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Let us do some of your worship preparation for you!
A panel discussion about how the week's lectionary readings can inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Let us do some of your worship preparation for you!
A panel discussion about how the week's lectionary readings can inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Let us do some of your worship preparation for you!
Lythan, Gerald, Ruth, Neil & Phil look at the Revised common Lectionary Readings for Epiphany 4 and discuss ideas about how they might inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
2 Kings 2:1-12
Psalm 50:1-6 2
Corinthians 4:3-6
Mark 9:2-9
Lythan, Gerald, Ruth, Neil & Phil look at the Revised common Lectionary Readings for Epiphany 4 and discuss ideas about how they might inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Isaiah 40:21-31
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Mark 1:29-39
Rachael, Phil, Lythan & Ruth discuss the texts for Epiphany 2:
1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) "The call of Samuel"
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 "searched and known!"
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 "your body is a temple"
John 1:43-51 "the call of Philip & Nathaniel"
We cover themes around making choices, living between two worlds/kingdoms, the symbolism of fig trees, can anything good come out of..., experiences of encountering God... amongst many other ideas, plus some discussion of art and other creative ways to engage with these texts in worship.
Lythan, Aiyana, Robert, Neil & Phil look at the Revised common Lectionary Readings for Epiphany 4 and discuss ideas about how they might inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Psalm 111
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Mark 1:21-28
Lythan, Phil, Neil, Aiyana & Robert discuss:
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Psalm 62:5-12
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Mark 1:14-20
Neil has counted how many times "Kingdom of God" appears in the bible.
Lythan wonders why Jonah's reluctant preaching seems more instantly effective than Jesus's was!
Phil disappears down a rabbit hole - was the whole of Nineveh ever converted?
Robert wonders what the disciples "left" in order to follow and comes up with a gospel imperative for forgetting his wedding anniversary.
Aiyana finds in the psalm some help with wrestling the darkness we all carry within us.
And that's just the first 15mins
Ideas for the rest of worship too - Jonah and nineveh were given a second chance, how about a prayer station which invites people to imagine who they might offer a second chance to?
Also - among many other ideas, how to use the countdown clock in worship, a demonstration of how to get toothpaste back in the tube and a reflection on Jake Lever's "Soul Boats" installation at Birmingham Cathedral.
Ruth, Lythan, Rachael & Phil look at the Revised common Lectionary Readings for The Baptism of our Lord and discuss ideas about how they might inspire our preaching and worship-leading.
Genesis 1:1-5
Psalm 29
Acts 19:1-7
Mark 1:4-11