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Word for the Week 2006

Welcome to the Word for the Week 2006 archive. Here you’ll find copies of the weekly emails which have provided a source of stimulation, encouragement and challenge to many thousands of people for the last ten years. Read them again, or read them for the first time. A new Word for the Week article is produced every week and is added to this archive, so check back regularly

Learning from Jesus – leading and following

  • Date:

    18-12-2006

  • Author:

    Margaret Killingray

As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother casting a net into the lake – for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:18-20

Not on the cards

  • Date:

    18-12-2006

  • Author:

    Margaret Killingray

When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God… Coming up to them at that very moment, Anna gave thanks to God. Luke 2:27-28, 38

Learning from Jesus: the nature of a servant

  • Date:

    11-12-2006

  • Author:

    Helen Parry

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. John 13:14

Putting promise before pressure

  • Date:

    04-12-2006

  • Author:

    David Judkins, Ministry Director of Getting God 2 Work

So Abram said to Lot, ‘Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.’ Genesis 13:8-9

Learning from Jesus – gratitude

  • Date:

    27-11-2006

  • Author:

    Margaret Killingray

As Jesus entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance they called out, ‘Jesus, have mercy on us’. He said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests’. And as they went they were made clean. One of them turned back. Praising God, he prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Jesu...

Learning from Jesus – stumbling over treasure

How not to lose your head

The boss wears Prada

Knowledge and wisdom

Leading with a light touch

The priority of prayer

What if it isn’t true?

The battle belongs to the Lord!

Working for a widow’s mite?

I must decrease

A pearl of great price

Gutsy godliness

That they may be one

Repent – and change

It is finished

Positive deviants

A promise of protection

A Boss, a word and an A-frame hug

There came a man

Total inclusion

Working for eternity?

Love at work

Tried and tested

Time for reflection

Working faith: transaction or transformation?

Permission to rest!

Faith and disappointment

Working models

Faith, hope… and love

The hours and the glory?

Prayer with a purpose

Oh, what a beautiful morning!

The best things in life

God’s purpose, your purpose?

What am I doing here?

Missing the point

Missing the point

Last but not least

Does your next task matter to God?

Does your next task matter to God?

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild?

An act of betrothal.

A judged woman?

Faithful stewards

Water

Speaking up

How to be good

Power, status and being human

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet

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