Apr 13, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, LECTIONARY, NEWS
Easter Day Here again we have choices amongst readings. Why might we choose a particular pathway through them: our personal preference, the needs of those who may be present, prayerful thoughtful contemplation? My pathway is highlighted. Let me tell you an idle tale....
Apr 19, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
If there is one image associated with the Christian faith which has found an enduring and endearing place in the collective life of the church for centuries, it is the image of Jesus as the good shepherd. In the Bible there are over 500 references to sheep. In Psalm...
Apr 12, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The disciples are huddling together and have just heard Simon’s account of his walk with Cleopas to Emmaus, and how a stranger had started walking and talking with them. He is talking about how they were surprised that this stranger did not seem to know what had...
Apr 7, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Imagine how it must have been for Mary, weeping outside the tomb, to then look into the tomb and see two angels sitting where the body of Jesus had been laid. Not an absence, but a presence – messengers from God; but they weren’t Jesus! And what anguish...