EXPLORING THE BIBLE
May 2 2021 Easter 5 1 John 4:7-21
Are we prepared to stand up and be anti-racist, anti-discrimination, anti-violence and what does that mean we have to do?
Read MoreApril 25th – Easter 4 – John 10:11-18
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…
Read MoreApril 18th 2021 – Easter 3 – Luke 24: 36b – 48
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…
Read MoreApril 11th 2021 – Easter 2 – John 20:19-31
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…
Read MoreEaster Day 4 April 2021 Mark 16:1-8
At the end of the preceding chapter, Mark tells us that, when Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus’ body down from the cross, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph…
Read MorePalm Sunday – 28 March 2021
Palm Sunday Gospel Reading Mark 11:1-11 11:1 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 11:2 and…
Read More5th Sunday in Lent – March 21 2021
John 12:20-33 12:20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said…
Read More4rd Sunday in Lent – March 14 2021
Based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) John 3:14-21 3:14 And just as Moses lifted…
Read More3rd Sunday in Lent March 7 2021 John 2:13-22
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Read More2nd Sunday in Lent Feb 28th 2021 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:23-31 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9
Choosing names for our children is a fascinating exercise connecting them with their past and with our hopes for their future.
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