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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 12th June 2022

Trinity Sunday                                  Year C                                                 12th June 2022 Lectionary readings:  Proverbs 8 v1-4, 22-31;    Psalm 8;    Romans 5 v1-5;    John 16 v12-15. The source of Wisdom. “You made us a little lower than yourself. You let us rule everything your hands have made. And you put all of it under our power”.  (Psalm 8 v5,6).…

Revelation and Reason

Revelation and Reason : Wesleyan responses to eighteenth century rationalismBy Arthur Skevington Wood  The Wesley Fellowship, 1992   103 pages ISBN 0 951 633 228 “This book examines the reaction of John Wesley himself together with two of his associates –  John William Fletcher and Joseph Benson – to the challenges of reductionist rationalism in…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 5th June 2022

Pentecost                                            Year C                                                 5th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 11 v1-9;    Psalm 104 v24-34, 35b;    Romans 8 v14-17;    Acts 2 v1-21;   John 14 v8-17. The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit. In the Jewish tradition, the festival of Pentecost, a celebration of first fruits of harvest, comes fifty days after Passover. Some Christians…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 29th May 2022

Seventh Sunday of Easter                            Year C                                     29th May 2022 Lectionary Readings:  Acts 16 v16-34;   Psalm 97;   Revelation 22 v12-21;   John 17 v20-26. Jesus said, “I will be one with them”. In the reading from John’s gospel, Jesus is praying for us, his followers. Jesus said, “I told them what you are like and I…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 22nd May 2022

Sixth Sunday of Easter                       Year C                                                  22nd May 2022 Lectionary Readings: Acts 16 v9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21 v10, 22-22v5; John 14 v23-29. A place for prayer. In today’s passage from Acts we read of Luke joining Paul and his friends in Troas  and journeying to Philippi as a result of a vision given…

Gods and Kings

Gods and Kings : a novel  by Lynn Austin (Chronicles of the Kings vol. 1)Bethany House Publishers, 2005  316 pages £9  ISBN 078 0 764 229 893 This is a novel about Hezekiah, 14th King of Judah (one of the ‘good’ kings) who reigned from 716BC to 687BC. His father was Ahaz, a ‘bad’ king…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 15th May 2022

Fifth Sunday of Easter                     Year C                                                 15th May 2022 Lectionary Readings:   Acts 11 v1-18;   Psalm 148;   Revelation 21 v1-6;   John 13 v31-35. A challenge within a challenge. Jesus said, “I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you. If you love each other, everyone…

Who do you think you are ?

Who do you think you are ? God thinks you are amazing !  By Steve MawstonScripture Union, 1997  127 pages  £1  ISBN 978 1 859 992 036 Specifically aimed at teenagers, this book not only deals with the many anxieties and worries of youngsters beginning to find their identity but successfully manages to relate identity…