A reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week 2021
Our reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week is now available:
Our reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week is now available:
Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-32 “Sir, we wish to see Jesus”. Imagine the simple request echoing along the corridors of church bureaucracy. It is passed from office to office, from secretary to secretary. It is left on voice-mails, e-mailed through to headquarters, scribbled on post-it notes to type up later. They phone the biblical…
Mark 5:21-end I am a Christian who lived in Rome between the years 60 and 70 after Christ. It was about that time that Mark wrote his gospel for us. In that gospel he tells these two intertwined stories about the ruler of the synagogue and the woman with an issue of blood. I’m trying…
Hebrews 11:32-12:2 When you’ve lived in the north-east of England, thinking about saints takes on a whole new meaning. St Aidan, St Cuthbert, St Bede, St Oswald, St Chad, St. Hild, and St Wilfrid. The same handful of saints names live on in countless churches, schools, colleges, roads, etc., throughout the region, but not elsewhere….
Luke 15:11-32 If the truth is told, I’ve always struggled with this story. We often call it the prodigal son, and that choice of title sets off the problems for me. So often, I’ve heard and read, we’re to rejoice at the younger son coming home. My problem is that the younger son is such…
2 Kings 5:1-14 For much of his career, F.W. de Klerk was a sound conservative, solidly pro-apartheid politician. He rose through the ranks, yet became the one to dismantle apartheid, in direct contrast to his earlier policies. Likewise, Mikhail Gorbechov was a solid communist, who worked his way through the ranks. Once he had become…
Pause for Thought is available to watch here:https://youtu.be/dBf3RfK0igk The text is also available: Perhaps you saw the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol? I’m one of those people who instinctively finds actions like that very difficult. Here’s a short video what happened. My first reaction is to question who gets to decide…