The Good Shepherd
Last Sunday I was privileged to preach for the first time at the church where our family has recently settled, The Church of the Good Shepherd with St. Peter, Lee.…
Last Sunday I was privileged to preach for the first time at the church where our family has recently settled, The Church of the Good Shepherd with St. Peter, Lee.…
An Easter journey in nine stories – Paula Gooder A thoughtful imaginative (re-)telling of the stories of nine women who encountered Jesus in the final week of his life (and…
Old Testament Violence and the Shalom of God – Matthew J. Lynch An easy to read and thought provoking exploration of some of the often-quoted ‘violent’ texts of the Old…
Re-reading Luke’s gospel, it’s interesting to see how Luke presents the sonship of Jesus. In my study of Joseph a couple of years ago I focussed on Matthew’s account of…
So far in 2024 I have deliberately tried to be conscious of what I am reading, the effect it is having on me, and what difference this might make to…
One of today’s Psalms in the pattern from the old BCP is Psalm 72. Reading it in the context of the news of this week’s surprise re-shuffle of the UK…
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve looked at the biblical book of Lamentations, and seen that the poet finds reason for hope in the midst of the trauma of…
Last week we started to read Lamentations as a biblical example of a response to traumatic situations. We saw how, in the midst of crisis and loss, the poet could…
What do we do when confronted by tragedy and disaster? Just in the last short while we’ve seen reports of extraordinary flooding in Libya and devastating earthquake in Morocco as…
We’re coming to the end of our summer of miracles at church (although we always hope for more!) and we’ve come to the end of our walk with Elisha in…