Spiritual and Sacred Links for Monday 7 September 2015

Supplied by a UK colleague:

#1 Hugh Palmer on the challenge of Amos for our day; #2 and 3 Matthew Rusch and Kendall Harmon on what we let go in and out; and there are plenty of online services, resources and calls for prayer and encouragement.

Prayers for you for the coming week.

SERMONS AND TALKS
1. I will restore the ruins [Amos 9] - Hugh Palmer - All Souls Langham Place Audio
http://tinyurl.com/nm92fy9

2. The Heart of the Matter (Mark 7:1-23) - Matthew Rusch - St Helena's Beaufort Audio
http://tinyurl.com/nu4j87m

3. What Is a Christian perspective on sin and Freedom? (Mark 7) - Kendall Harmon - Christ St Paul's Audio
http://tinyurl.com/ofdjp6b

Commentary
4. Preaching Ideas and Commentary - Rev Peter Carrell
http://preachingdownunder.blogspot.co.nz/

5. The Sunday Readings - Rev Stephen Trott
https://laworgospel.wordpress.com/

WORSHIP
6. The bells of  St Lawrence, Alton in Hampshire - BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068s44c

7. Choral Evensong from St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh [CoI] with the 2015 Charles Wood Summer School - BBC Radio 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0680ymx

8 . Sunday Worship from Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff - BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068s44p

9. Sunday Hour - BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066trnj

10. Archived Choral services over the Summer from the chapels of King's College Cambridge
http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/choir/webcasts.html
and St John's College, Cambridge
http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/webcasts
and Trinity College, Cambridge
http://trinitycollegechoir.com//webcasts/listen-again/
and New College, Oxford
http://www.newcollegechoir.com/webcasts.html

PRAYER
Please pray for the peace and safety of Nigeria and for the safe release of Bishop Moses Bukpe-Tabwaye of Gwagwalada near Abuja who was kidnapped and held for ransom on Thursday; for the persecuted church particularly in Syria, Iraq and Turkey; and for the Diocese of South Carolina.

11. Topical Prayers - Church of England
http://tinyurl.com/6wnk2pk
Syria and Iraq region: The Christians of al- Qaryatain City have to make a choice whether to pay “Jizya” or enter to Islam - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
http://tinyurl.com/qep4aq8
Sudan: Four years of bombings in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains - WWM
http://tinyurl.com/nfltofz
Nigeria: Ransom demand received for kidnapped bishop - Anglican Ink
http://tinyurl.com/omqdl8v
Primate urges Christians to be vigilant as kidnappers demand N40m ransom on Rev. Tabuwaye
http://tinyurl.com/qbzj6yx
Protest in Jos calling for end to Fulani killings - CSW
http://tinyurl.com/ovlvw33
Threat to Christians extends to the South - Release International
http://tinyurl.com/ptc857r
Turkey: Death threats target Turkey's Protestants - WWM
http://tinyurl.com/pvpcjwy
South Carolina: Prayers from Lent and Beyond
http://tinyurl.com/kssn33y

CURRENT AFFAIRS
12. Sunday Programme with Edward Stourton - BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068s44k

Food for thought
13. Churches are best social melting pots in modern Britain - John Bingham
http://tinyurl.com/pcdyyku
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob spotted at Calais - David Keen
http://tinyurl.com/qduret6
Pre-Raphaelite Art in Churches - Church Days
http://tinyurl.com/ovo5u9m
Churches as Charities: Some basics - Frank Cranmer
http://tinyurl.com/pjsj6lr
Discovering the Bible in a digital world - Mark Green - CEN
http://tinyurl.com/ou6zfe6

FINALLY
14. The Word One to One - Introduced by Rico Tice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwmGmSDcKzA
Website where material may be bought or downloaded for free
http://www.theword121.com/

15. Ave Maria (Pietro Mascagni) - Elīna Garanča - Deutsche Grammophon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=014SVJ9ziJQ

16. Great is your faithfulness - Martin Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB25GuUzbaM

17. Once in a Blue Moon - Luke Taylor Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/137218768

God bless you