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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 20th October 2024

Twenty-ninth Sunday in ordinary Time     Year B                                    20th October 2024. Lectionary readings: Isaiah 53 v4-12;   Psalm 91 v9-16;   Hebrews 5 v1-10;   Mark 10 v35-45. A lesson about ‘Kingship’. James and John asked Jesus if they could sit beside him when he ‘came into his glory’ Jesus was disappointed by their request for places of honour.…

3 Theories of everything  

3 Theories of everything   by Ellis PotterDestinee Medium, 2012  112 pages  £9.99  ISBN 978 0 983 276 852 This is an unusual approach to the consideration of worldviews. The author takes three basic ways of viewing reality from an Eastern perspective as well as a Western perspective. Three circles, as defined by Ellis Potter, explore…

Christianity : Opium or Truth ?

Christianity : Opium or Truth ? Answering thoughtful objections to the Christian faith byDavid Gooding and John Lennox Myrtlefield Encounters, 2nd ed., 2014  168 pages  £6 ISBN 978 1 874 584 773 This is one of a series published by Myrtlefield House, written by two eminent scholars who are committed Christians – David Gooding and John…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 13th October 2024

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time               Year B                         13th October 2024. Lectionary Readings:   Amos 5 v6-7, 10-15;   Psalm 90 v12-17;   Hebrews 4 v12-16;             Mark 10 v17-31. Money can’t buy you love. In Mark’s account of Jesus’ encounter with a rich man, Jesus acknowledges that the unnamed man is sincere in his desire for eternal life.…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 6th October 2024

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                         6th October 2024. Lectionary Readings: Genesis 2 v18-24;   Psalm 8;  Hebrews 1 v1-4, 2 v5-12;  Mark 10 v2-16. Bonds of love. Jesus said, “I promise you that you cannot get into God’s kingdom unless you accept it the way a child does.” (Mark 10 v15). Babies and…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 29th September 2024

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.                Year B                         29th September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Numbers 11 v4-29;  Psalm 19 v7-14;  James 5 v13-20;  Mark 9 v38-50. For and Against. John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he was not one of us, and we told…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 22nd September 2024

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year B                    22nd September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 11 v18-20;  Psalm 54;  James 3 v13-4 v3, 7-8a; Mark 9 v30-37. Welcome Jesus said, “When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me.” (Mark 9…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 15th September 2024

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year B                         15th September 2024. Lectionary readings:   Isaiah 50 v4-9a;   Psalm 116 v1-9;   James 3 v1-12;   Mark 8 v27-38. Guard your tongue! “My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 8th September 2024

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                         8th September 2024. Lectionary Readings:   Isaiah 35 v4-7a;    Psalm 146;    James 2 v1-17;    Mark 7 v24-37. Compassion and Faith. In the passage from Mark’s gospel we read that Jesus had travelled from Galilee towards the Mediterranean Sea and was staying near the town of Tyre in Phoenicia,…