Pause for Thought – 30 October 2020

Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Today we heard part of a mythical tale – the story of Jonah and the big fish. It might be a true story of an historical event, but that isn’t the point. It was included in the Bible because it imparts a strong moral message: hat good will triumph over evil, the…

This has been prepared by Adria Irwin, one of the ministers of Highlands United Church, Vancouver, and is available here:https://youtu.be/WhZNCfsrnrM

Jonah 3:1-5 Matthew 5:38-41 Mark 10:28-31 Today the church marks the feast day of an Irishman who was accused of theft and murder, but who brought Christianity to Scotland and half of England.  His name was Columba; he was born in Ireland in 521, and died in Scotland in 597.  Columba studied under the legendary…

Mark 9:33-37 Mark 10:35-44 Philippians 2:1-11 If you want a sure fire way to wind up certain sections of the population, all you need do is refer to today as Mother’s Day, and a many of us start foaming at the mouth and turning purple as we insist that there’s no such thing and it…

Matthew 2:1-12 Well, I suspect that for many of us feel Christmas is well and truly over now, even though there’s officially a few more days yet. Many people’s work, school, or college, begins again by tomorrow, if it ever even stopped. The final party was on New Year’s Eve, the next day was a…

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John11:1-45 It’s very easy to bemoan all that’s wrong in the world. It can be ever so easy to sit in our armchairs and see doom and gloom in the news. It can be very easy to think things have gone to the dogs, and how much better it would be…