Pause for Thought – 30 October 2020
Pause for Thought for this week is now available:
Pause for Thought for this week is now available:
Job 19:23-27a Luke 20:27-38 If you ever have the misfortune to travel on the M25 between the A3 and the M40, you’ll often encounter what are known as variable speed limits. The theory is that these stop the traffic bunching together by slowing traffic down, so that it doesn’t catch up with the traffic ahead…
Genesis 11:1-9 Acts 2:1-21 In the spring of 1963 the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, had to ask the publishers for a copy of a book, because the demand was such that no other copy was available. The author was John Robinson, the bishop of Woolwich, and the book was called Honest to God. A couple…
Matthew 4:1-11 “Time is Too slow for those who Wait, Too swift for those who Fear, Too long for those who Grieve, Too short for those who Rejoice, But for those who Love, Time is not.” Wrote Henry van Dyke. Matthew tells us that Jesus spent forty days and forty nights in the desert. Matthew…
Our service for Maundy Thursday is now available. If it is helpful to you, you might want to have something to eat and drink while the service is on, or even to watch the service while you eat your meal. The service lasts about 34 minutes, and the shared meal reflection begins at about 21 minutes…
Luke 10:38-42 Colossians 1:15-20 Dear Martha, I wanted to write you a letter, to let you know how much I admire you. I see a good deal of what’s best about the followers of Jesus in the way you lived your life. When Jesus sent his disciples out to prepare a way for him in…
Luke 24:36b-48 Acts 3:12-19 Imagine what it was like in that upstairs room. The disciples were startled, frightened, terrified even, and Jesus appears there, with a word of peace. He has to tell them twice that he really is the person standing in front of them. He shows them his hands and his feet, invites…