Advent Reflections 2016 Faithfulness: Know you are Welcome The Lord himself with give you a sign: A virgin will conceive and bear a son, and name him “Emmanuel.” Isaiah 7: 14 When we read the newspaper or listen to the news, it can sometimes feel that God has abandoned us, forsaken us, but God…
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Advent Reflections 2016: Peace ‘You shall be my people, and I shall be your God.’ Jeremiah 30: 22 I was talking to a man the other month, who said that he had undertaken an endevour to read the whole of the Old Testament. Thinking of him reciting all the laws of Deuteronomy, and genealogies in…
The Bible in a Tweet ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus answered, ‘You must love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself.…
He Calls Me Friend His conversation is sweetness itself, He is altaogether lovable. Such is my beloved, such is my friend Song of Songs 5: 16 While researching last months sermon on the place of the garden in scripture, I came across these beautiful words about friendship in the Song of Songs, which got…
Should we stay or should we go now? If we stay there will be trouble, if we go it will be double? The Clash 1982 There are currently 2 programs that get me shouting at the radio and asking when will it ever end? The first is the continuing drama on The Archers as I long…
Be Connected to the Power source “If the alive and present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bring you alive to himself. “ Romans 8: 10 The Message So after the 50 days of celebrating Easter and The…
“You wonder what to do when you feel attacked on all sides by seemingly irrisistable forces, waves that cover you and want to sweep you off your feet. Sometimes these waves consist of feeling rejected, feeling forgotten, feeling misunderstood. Sometimes they consist of anger, resentment or even the desire for revenge, and sometimes of self-pity…
I love the festival of Easter, 50 days long, filled with resurrection hymns, music and readings on new life made possible through Christ’s resurrection. The psalmist gives us a beautiful picture of the whole of creation as an unfinished symphony, with God’s Spirit being sent forth to renew the face of the earth. This life…
I am currently enjoying exploring the connections between art and faith through the creative gifts of artists who live in Eastern Europe. Enjoying artistic freedom denied for over 40 years under communism, their art displays a vibrant spirituality, often exploring styles from the eastern orthodox tradition. One such artist is Bulgarian born Julia Stankova, who…
When I was a minister in Birmingham, the Section held a meal on Maunday Thursday to symbolically rehearse the Last Supper. There was of course the Matzah unleavened bread, and wine and other components that went to make for a Passover meal:lamb representing the pascal lamb; horseradish to recall the bitterness of slavery; and salt water,…