Readings: Colossians 3:12-17 & John 3:14-21 Prayer Since I’ve become a parent I’ve realised that deep down within me are sayings and phrases that my parents use to say to me but I’d long forgotten. How have I discovered this? Well I find myself speaking to Jethro and suddenly hearing myself sounding very like my…

Readings: John 2:13-22 & 1 Corinthians 9: 16-23 Prayer ‘In the temple courts he found people’, I wonder what John would write if Jesus went into our church buildings today ‘he went to the churches and found them closed, empty …’ how would Jesus complete the sentence, how do you complete the sentence?  What would…

Reading: John 21:15-19 Prayer So here we are again! Another Zoom first, we’ve done Easter Sunday on Zoom, we’ve done Advent Sunday on Zoom, we’ve done the Carol Service and Christmas Day on Zoom and here we are with Covenant Sunday on Zoom! I wonder how many more Zoom first’s they’ll be in the next…

Reading: Isaiah 61:1-11 Today is the 3rd Sunday of advent, otherwise known as Gaudete Sunday. In ‘normal’ years this is often the Sunday of advent that we’ve missed out on as we’ve chosen to reflect on Mary on the 3rd Sunday advent in order to leave Mary’s traditional spot on the 4th Sunday advent free…

Reading: Mark 13:24-37 As we’ve already said today is Advent Sunday the start of our journey towards Christmas. Today marks a number of different things.  It marks the beginning of the new lectionary year. Over the last year and particularly over the last few months we’ve been working our way through Matthew’s Gospel, today we…

A neighbour was telling me the other day that it was only 49 days till Christmas! He went onto say that his son had suggested that 49 days gave them just enough time to have two advent calendars, one for the 25 days up to advent and one for the 25 days of advent! I…

Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 Prayer  Now when Jesus saw the crowds he went up the mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him and he began to teach. (Matthew 5:1). I wonder where Jesus would be teaching today if he was about to give the sermon on the mount? I wonder what platform he’d choose…