Pause for Thought – 6 November 2020

Luke 1:5-64 What did the preacher say when he’d lost his voice? Nothing. He’d lost his voice. Our reading from Luke is all about lost and found. Mary finds her voice and sings a song for the ages. Tied up with her story is another story about a man who first loses, and then later…

Luke 9:28-36 As we came down from the mountain, James, John, and me, we were still shaking. I was so confused and trembling so much that I kept stumbling, and John would reach out a hand to steady me. Jesus had told us not to say anything to anyone else about it, not to the…

Luke 14:1, 7-14 Don’t think of this dinner party as a casual gathering of old friends. This is one of the social occasions of the year. The party is being held at the home of the “host and hostess with the most-est.” This gathering will be featured in next week’s Hello! with pictures showing fortunate…

Exodus 24:9-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Psalm 99 Matthew 17:1-9 I expect some of you are wondering why you’re here!  The Westminster Shorter Catechism is one of the historical statements of our faith.  I’m sure you all know it well, but just to remind you, it begins by saying that, “man’s chief end is to glorify…

There’s a scene in the film The Life of Brian where the Judeans are discussing what their occupiers have ever done for them, and the idea is they’re meant to say they’ve done nothing. In fact, the Judeans come up with a long list of good things the Romans have done for them. Today I…

John 21:15-19 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Today is Passion Sunday – nothing to do with sex as the council officials in Oxford mistakenly thought a few years ago when attempting to licence as passion play – but the point in Lent when we turn from the more general themes, to thinking more directly about the cross….