Reflections

Our reading is from the Letter to the Ephesians 3.14 – 19 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his…

Did you watch the last series of Pilgrimage? It followed a very mixed group of people, with different faith backgrounds, walking a variety of pilgrim paths in the North of England, ending up on Holy Island. Among them were Ashley…

Ascension Day is the day when Christians remember a very significant movement our relationship with Jesus. Jesus has appeared to his followers a number of times over the previous few weeks, in Jerusalem, and in Galilee. He has shown them…

Jesus went on, “Once there was a man who had two sons.  The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property that will come to me.’ So he divided up his property between the…

Now on that same day two of the disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near…

Our reading is from the story of Moses and the Israelites wandering in the wilderness after escaping from Egypt: There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered around Moses and Aaron and complained: “It would have been better…

Here’s the reading for this week – from the Book of Exodus: The Lord said to Moses, “I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them that at twilight they will have meat to eat, and in the morning they will have…

One week into Lent and I find myself enthusiastic to ‘keep’ Lent, whatever that might mean, and somewhat challenged by the ease with which my Muslim friends have embraced the start of Ramadan. This year, of course, for the first…

A reading from Luke chapter 2: In Jerusalem was a man by the name of Simeon. He was an upright man, devoted to the service of God, living in expectation of the “salvation of Israel”. His heart was open to…