Holy Week
Digital download: A reflection and a meditation on drinking the bittersweet cup of life. 5 pages.
Good Friday
Digital download: An outdoor service for Good Friday. 10 pages.
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Digital download: Eleven poems to reflect on during Passiontide: 'a sacred time of remembering what it means for a friend, and brother, to be betrayed, to be afraid, to be humiliated, to be falsely accused, to be deserted by those who love him ' 10 pages.
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Digital download: Feminist poet and theologian Nicola Slee reflects on the implications of the Resurrection for Mary Magdelene and all of us, with reference to a personal 'near-death' experience in her own family. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 5 pages.
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Digital download: A reflection, a poem and a prayer for Good Friday on the hope beyond the despair of the day and the mystery of the torn veil of the temple. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 6 pages.
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Wednesday of Holy Week – An extravagant gift of love (PDF download)
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for the Wednesday of Holy Week, with an emphasis on one woman's gesture of love for Jesus and what that means for all of us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises. 6 pages.
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Tuesday of Holy Week – Peace will grow from the ground up (PDF download)
Digital download: A reading, a reflection and a prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week on working for a peaceful solution within a situation of conflict. From the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Digital download: A dramatic and poetic telling of the road to Emmaus story, for two actors and a narrator. 6 pages.
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Digital download: Worship resources for Good Friday, including drama scripts, with some reflections/prayers for other days of Holy Week. The author is currently Head of Policy and Research at the Fairtrade Foundation. 15 pages.
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Digital download: A moving liturgy for Good Friday, alternating Bible readings and prayers, with some suggested songs. Jan is a former Warden of Iona Abbey. 6 pages.
Digital download: Words of a song for Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, to be sung to the tune 'Waly Waly'. 1 page (7 verses).
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Digital download: Moving and insightful prayers and poems for Easter Day and beyond, up to Pentecost, taken from the book The Green Heart of the Snowdrop, by Kate McIlhagga. 22 pages.
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Digital download: 14 vignettes (in words & pictures) that can be used in personal meditation, in group reflection, at church, at work, viewed on a home computer or on a mobile device - to draw participants into the Passion narrative, and accompany Jesus Christ on his journey from Gethsemane to the tomb.
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Digital download: A contemplation/reflection in the voice of the rock that sealed Jesus's tomb. Taken from the book Dirt, Mess and Danger, by Glendon Macaulay. 1 page.