John 13:1-17 (NIV) It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved […]
Maundy Thursday – Love That Serves
Tuesday of Holy Week – Teaching in the Tension
Matthew 21:14-17 (NIV) The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw […]
Monday of Holy Week – Cleansing the Temple
Matthew 21:12-13 (NIV) Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of […]
Palm Sunday – The Unexpected King
Matthew 21:6-10 (NIV) The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit […]
Lent Reflection – Fourth Sunday
In the dark of night…a light.In the quiet time…a word of wisdom.In the midst of doubt…a truth.In a broken world…a saviour. Come, Son of God,lead us into light.Come, Lamb of […]
Lent Reflection – Third Sunday
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild…as if.He loved the unlovable.He welcomed the untouchable.He challenged the unquestionable.He subverted and overturned assumptions.Come Jesus, upset the altars of my false godsand make my heart […]
Lent Reflection – Second Sunday
We are the legacy.We are the gift.We are the covenant.For Jesus has no body but ours,no hands, no feet on earth but ours.Ours are the eyes through which he sees […]
Lent Reflection – First Sunday
We are to be a rainbow people.Light scattered, beautifully.An archway between earth and heaven.A sign of hope and promise.A symbol of an everlasting covenant.A harmony of colours. Reading: Genesis 9:8-17 […]
A reflection for Ash Wednesday
Lent begins with recognising where we are. Lent begins in ashes and repentance.Lent begins in walking the pilgrim’s path.Lent begins with a small step.Lent begins in my heart and mind. Reading: […]
Morning Worship – 27th March 2022
Our Morning Service for the fourth Sunday in Lent, which is also Mothering sunday, comes from Old Meeting URC, Bedworth. Today we are thinking about the Prodigal Son and grumbling […]