Jan 24, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Epiphany 5: – Is. 58:1-12 / Ps. 112:1-9 / 1Cor.2:1-12 (13-16) / Matt.5:13-20 Matt. 5:16 challenges (“let your light so shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good works, they may praise your Father in heaven.”) the challenge is to find such a balance...
Jan 19, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
We may elect to celebrate either the purification of Mary & the presentation of the Lord, Mal. 3:1-4 / Ps 84 or 24 / Heb. 2:14-18 / Luke 2:22-40 Or Epiphany 4, Mic.6:1-8 / Ps. 15 / 1Cor.1:18-31 / Matt.5:1-12 Some people find it worth the effort to pick over the...
Jan 12, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
A light shines… A light from God shines on those who have lived in the darkness of occupation and oppression. The burden will be lifted. A light shines… We experience God as our light and salvation. If we wait and remain teachable we shall see the goodness...
Jan 5, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Baptism again. But we had baptism last week. The “mountaintop experience” is important but means less than the way in which it is worked out in the process of life. How does it impact on life at four o’clock in the afternoon? How does it impact on what we communicate...
Dec 31, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
We are those who walk in the earth, within the ecosystem that makes up this planet. We are those who see on that journey our deep connection with the earth and with the God who is expressed through its interrelationships. We are those who hear a call to act in a...
Dec 25, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
We want to praise comfortable images of God. We want to be held warm in the palm of God’s hand. We want the nurturing of God as mother or caring father. We would prefer the singing, shouting and dancing of Jeremiah. We don’t want uncomfortable images for God. We don’t...
