Easter Sunday: Imagination station
Where: By the font
Need: spices to smell, salt water to taste (tears), rough stone, cloth to feel, (optional radiant heater) … More Activity – Sensory Stations
Good Friday
Narr: Now we will travel forward in time just one day, to Friday, and our reporter, Rosy Parker is in the town square. (Wobble)
(Rosy enters)
Narr: Rosy, it looks like there’s a riot going on. Is it the crowd with the palm leaves again? … More Time Travel TV
‘Call yourself a Christian?’, it taunts. ‘You’re not really saved. If you were, you’d not have …’ … More Mark 16:1-8
Narr:
Nope, Jesus is busy. You’ll have to go away.
If your name’s not down, you’re not coming in!
Children:
Oh, right. Sorry. (go away sad)
Narr:
So the children went away sad. (Ahhh)
They were sadder than that. (Ahhhhhhh) … More Jesus and the Little Children
In 1806, a chicken started laying eggs with “Christ is coming” etched into the shell. Now, the burning bush was weird, granted, and you’ve got Balaam’s donkey and all, but why God would want to make a major announcement via a hen’s bum beats me. … More Mark 13:1-8
Today’s reading is about the great and good. The philanthropists. The devout. The respectable and respected. The ones who got invited to open school fêtes and to speak on local radio chat shows. … More Mark 12:38-44
Sticking to the letter is all very well if you’re a stamp, but otherwise let’s try to focus on the what Jesus, and the guy in our passage, said are important, not the peripheral issues. … More Mark 12:28-34
I don’t want to be disrespectful, but really, Jesus, that was a bit of a stupid question. What do you want me to do for you? Seriously? The guy is blind. What would you have asked for? … More Mark 10:46-52
When we are content that our worth in God’s sight is not earned by good works or approval from those around us, then we can be happy to take the humble position that Jesus did. … More Mark 10:35-45
It’s said that men should be like chocolate – dark, strong and rich. Personally, I’d prefer more sweet and nutty, but maybe that’s carrying the metaphor a bit too far. … More Mark 10:17-31 – Eye of a Needle
The Reflectionary 