EXPLORING THE BIBLE
May 23 2021 Pentecost Acts 2:1-21
The writer of Acts tells the reader “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8 NRSV) and echoed “then everyone who calls on the name of God shall be saved” (Acts 2:21 NRSV). As I was reflecting on this, I...
May 16 2021 Easter 7 John 17:6-19
When we stand up in protest, we hold in our open arms and hands the words to unite communities and live in relationship with the mystery which is God, the Divine One, the Creator Spirit, three in one.
May 9 2021 Easter 6 Acts 10: 44-48
You become at one with the silent colour in the noisy chatter and here in the midst of it all is one who has heard your dreams.
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?
April 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 image of Jesus as the good shepherd. In the Bible there are over 500 references to sheep. In Psalm...
April 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 is talking about how they were surprised that this stranger did not seem to know what had...