Is this about serving the poor
In this penultimate Sunday before Palm Sunday, we come to John 12:1-8, when a very expensive perfume is poured liberally over the feet of Jesus. Now, before you inhale the...
How might we respond
This week's passage reflects upon that tried and trusted story of the Prodigal Son. (Prodigal meaning to squander) The first few verses (Luke 15:1-3) gives us the context for telling...
What is metanoia
Like any good sports match, it can often be a game of two halves. This week's passage also comes in two halves, and we may need to consider each part...
The end is nigh
As of mid April, the posts will cease and the website will disappear. It has served its purpose, and now, as everything, has come to the end of its natural...
We all go silent
OK, it's the second week of Lent, that time of journeying with Jesus, as he is on the way to Jerusalem, to suffer, or with passion (its meaning is not...
Who is up for some temptations
As we move into that period known as Lent, not something to be borrowed, but a time when we recall the suffering which can lead to a better life. Lent...
Did this happen
As it is this year, this Sunday's lesson is the one just before Lent. We supposedly do this so that we are strengthened before we journey with the passion of...
Who would we want to be
This week's passage is going to cause some angst amongst many of us. We could see it as a direct response towards the machinations of today, or an argument offered...
Who all befriend the poor
In the weekly readings from the Bible, suggested by certain denominations of the Church, known as the Lectionary, we seem to have skipped a fair few passages from last week....
Woke Personified
Crowds surrounded Jesus, eager to hear his every word. The breeze from the nearby lake cooling them down as they lap up the wisdom on offer. The two boats which...
What about us
I have read a number of posts on social media recently which state that whatever that person believes means that they will go to Heaven; of course, if you don't...
That was a blast
We knew it was coming. The forecast was for a strong gale force wind but we had experienced such a gale before in our new rural location. This would ‘blow...
One Body
I am beginning to feel a bit discombobulated. Not because I am called Bob, but because of all that is happening around the world at this time. It seems that...
They’d sell everything to get what they want
Of all the days, this is it. When the media will fawn over a certain individual, hang on their every word: how are you doing? Yes, there will be those...
What day of the week is it
Retirement poses that question often to my short experience: what day is it? You can, and I do, forget the date and also the day. One flows into the next....
9th January
I feel a tadge guilty writing about a fire, when a real widespread damaging, life threatening fire is spreading across LA. I have even heard that some US Christian communities...
why is fire mentioned
We have moved from 'Christmas', in the church season of readings, and have moved into Epiphany. That's odd as, just as Downton Abbey's meme indicates : "Christmas doesn't end until...
Found the Donkey
You recall in the Nativity scenes we have our donkey, braying and chewing at the straw, whilst Jesus is laying there in the manger, "no crying he makes" - yeah,...
Light which defies and defines darkness
"Look how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness" Often misattributed to Anne Frank As we gaze upon the vista of the year ahead, unsure of what...