2nd 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.
Read MoreFirst Sunday in Lent February 21, 2021 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15
We’re familiar with gentle images of the Holy Spirit, but Mark here has, “And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness?”
Read MoreTransfiguration of Jesus Feb 14 2021
In the transfiguration we travel from ordinary life, up an ordinary mountain, through an extraordinary experience, and back down the ordinary mountain to an ordinary life.
Read MoreEpiphany 5 Feb 7, 2021 Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39
God is up in a balloon watching over us all from a distance.
Read MoreEpiphany 4 January 31, 2021 Mark 1; 21-28
If the wisdom of the universe and the keys to the mega and metaphysical mysteries can be found in any one human being, I want to be friends with that person.
Read MoreEpiphany 3 January 24, 2021 Mark 1; 14-20
How will we respond to Jesus when he says; “Follow me”?
Read MoreEpiphany 2 17th January 2021 John 1; 43-51
How do we hear the call of God? Is it all of the above? Is it none of them but something completely different again? Maybe its nothing… and… everything.
Read MoreBaptism of Jesus 10th January 2021 Mark 1:4-11
You, me, and everyone who the Shepherd calls, are charged with the simple mandate to give glory to God.
Read MoreChristmas 2 January 3rd 2021 John 1
All things came into being through Him and without him, not one thing came into being.
Read MoreAdvent 2 December 6 ‘Christmas and Transformation’
I believe that, as we share these familiar stories once again this year, we should note this theme of transformation in them, and also note that many of our neighbours view Christmas as a time which transforms us into our best selves.
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