Abide in me
When someone says goodbye it normally is over quickly. Jesus takes 6 chapters, according to John or whoever wrote the Gospel, to say his goodbye speech. In John 14:23-29 we...
Can love be self-giving?
We often encounter such passages about love in the Scriptures. We might often skim them as they are so familiar. Please don't, on this occasion as least. We are looking...
Sounds Baaa-Zarre!
As we look together at stories of ordinary people, both now and throughout history who have seen the power of God working in their lives, we will focus on conversation,...
Carrying huge loads
It’s been a bit slow going as we move through the story after Easter. Last week we were only with the disciples immediately after resurrection and then a week afterwards....
The disciples’ belief in resurrection
It might be quite 'normal' for Christians to quickly accept the resurrection but how might the disciples have felt about Jesus returning to life after his death. It's not the...
In behind closed doors
I wonder what it might be like to in a shelter, behind closed doors. When you are scared, confused, bewildered even. When the world you had always envisaged was there...
Did it really happen?
What would it really mean for our world if Jesus had truly risen? Most biographies spend at most 10 pages on the death of the individual. The Gospels expend great...
Hopeful Serving
A reflection given on Maundy Thursday about Hopeful Serving, based upon John 13: 1-17,31b-35. The date of Easter is always a mystery to me. But I can explain: take the...
Hope-full Journeys
Peace Ducks - one dressed in Ukrainian Colours! For some of us we may be embarking on hopeful journeys: to see loved ones for the first time in a few...
Silencing Us
In recent years we may have noticed the use of letters to reinforce identity of some kind. In America we had the use of Q to denote evidence that there...
Knit & Knatter Edition 6
Our regular bi-monthly Knit & Knatter newsletter, aimed primarily at those who are unable to access the online world, is now available. Knit & Knatter Newsletter 6 by Bob Stoner...
It can’t be sealed
Women in general have the sense of the person much more than men have. This means that they have a special mission, which is to reintroduce love, to give back...