Sunday service for 27 December 2020
The service for Sunday 27 December is now available:
The service for Sunday 27 December is now available:
Acts 16:9-15 John 5:1-9 I had a dream last night. This voice said, “on your marks, get set, go!” and I woke up with a start. I dreamt I wrote The Hobbit the other night. I think I was Tolkein in my sleep. Whatever you dream about, whether you remember them or not, whether you…
Acts 9:1-20 One of Shakespeare’s more famous speeches is given to Portia in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. If you take those words and…
Psalm 148 Romans 8:18-27 Revelation 21:1-6 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. Today is May Day, the first day of summer! (reflection on weather) May Day isn’t something you’ll find in the Bible, it’s not a Christian…
Matthew 22:15-22 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 It was a very crafty move. We know from the end of Matthew chapter 21 that the chief priests and the Pharisees wanted to arrest Jesus, and their latest ploy was for the Pharisees to join forces with members of Herod’s party to try to trap him. The question they…
Matthew 21:1-11 . There’s an episode of Dad’s Army in which there is to a big parade of all the organisations involved in the war effort: the Home Guard, the ARP, the Red Cross, the ATS, and so on. Captain Mainwaring decides that the Home Guard need a mascot, and so the platoon attempt to…
Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-23 As some of you know, I really rather enjoy word puzzles, most especially the cryptic crossword. Although I enjoy them, I don’t always succeed with them, but I enjoy puzzling over them and having a go. At least with a cryptic crossword, you know when you’ve got the answer right. Another…