Pause for Thought – 10 March 2021
Pause for Thought for 10 March 2021 is now available:
Pause for Thought for 10 March 2021 is now available:
Genesis 9:8-17 Mark 2:9-15 Many years ago, the clown Roly Bain came to this church to perform his presentation of the Christian story using clowning. When he offered prayers, he used a small pot of bubble mixture, and as he blew the bubbles he invited us to look at the bubbles and drew our attention…
Matthew 5:38-42 Isaiah 2:2-5 Ephesians 2:13-22 As a boy I remembered a bench being installed in our town, with an inscription “in thanksgiving for forty years of peace in Europe” – I think it must be been featured in the local newspaper, benches not being so very memorable, except for that one that was…
Luke 14:25-35 Imagine a politician standing on a soap-box addressing a crowd. ‘If you’re going to vote for me,’ he says, ‘you’re voting to lose your homes and families; you’re asking for higher taxes and lower wages; you’re deciding in favour of losing all you love best! So come on – who’s on my side?’…
I am taking as my text, Hebrews 10 v 23 and 24: “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds.” The lectionary reading for today includes our gospel reading from…
Genesis 18:1-15 Genesis 35:1-7 Luke 24: 13 – 35 A burglar broke into a house and was looking around. He heard a soft voice say, “Jesus is watching you”. Thinking it was just his imagination, he continued his search. Again the voice said, “Jesus is watching you”. He turned his flashlight around and saw a…
Luke 2:22-40 There was a chap living in some flats who got upset every night because the man living above him dropped his shoes on the floor when he got ready for bed. Every night, the same thing happened. First, the noise from one shoe, then the noise from the other. Finally, the man downstairs…