Reflections

First meetings

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’  The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned…

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Going down

Every year I sign up for daily Advent emails from Brian Draper, who is a wonderful soulful guide through this time of year. Last Thursday Brian was talking about how we find our inmost place,  using some thoughts by the…

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This love will carry me

Here is the reflection from this year’s Carol Service… If you’ve been shopping in town this week you may have had the joy of Christmas muzak – the tunes that some of us know all too well, which get stuck…

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Preparing the way

Last week we went to see the musical Godspell…  It was written at the tail end of the hippy 60’s. It’s a telling of the gospel story, the story of Jesus, but in a style of that period – casual,…

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Isaiah’s great vision

Revd Sarah Haslam, who is on placement with us, shared her reflection at Communion in these verses from the Prophet Isaiah: A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse,    and a branch shall grow out of his roots.The spirit…

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Christ the King

When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left…. Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”…

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War and Peace

This week at our Communion service we were thinking about Remembrance, with this reading: Some of the disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, “As for what…

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Being human, being holy

Here’s our reading from today’s communion service, thinking about All Saints Day… Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:  ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray,…

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Delivering on the vision

This is the reflection from today’s Communion service at Park. I didn’t know at the time that Liz Truss had resigned… We began with this reading: Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath…

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