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Lincoln

Lincoln   dvd, 2012   Twentieth Century Fox  144 minutes  £3 The consummate professionalism of Steven Spielberg is manifestly evident in this film. It is not a full-blown biography of the American President, the focus is rather on a few weeks towards the end of the Civil War in what turned out to be  the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th April 2022

Second Sunday of Easter.                             Year C                                     24th April 2022 Lectionary Readings:  Acts 5 v27-32;  Psalm 118 v14-29;  Revelation 1 v4-8;  John 20 v19-31. “Receive the Holy Spirit.” In John’s gospel, the risen Jesus met with the disciples on the evening of Easter Day. He breathed the Holy Spirit upon them and gave them the…

John Wesley : the Man and his Mission

John Wesley : the Man and his Missiondvd, 2012  55 minutes  Wesley Mission (Australia) £13.99 This is an Australian production although the presenter is English (?) (Superintendent of the Sydney Mission in Australia) and the superb filming takes place all over England. It is an adequate account of Wesley’s life but rather prosaic and pedestrian…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 17th April 2022

Easter Day                                         Year C                                                 17th April 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 65 v17-25; Psalm 118 v1-2, 14-24; I Corinthians 15 v19-26; Luke 24 v1-12. Unbelievable to some, but true none-the-less. “Why are you looking in the place of the dead for someone who is alive? Jesus isn’t here! He was raised from death. Remember that…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 10th April 2022

Sixth Sunday in Lent                                    Year C                                    10th April 2022 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 50 v4-9a;  Psalm 31 v9-16;  Philippians 2 v5-11;  Luke 23 v1-49. Do we really listen to God’s servants? The prophet Isaiah says, “None of you respect the Lord or obey his servant. You walk in the dark instead of the light; you don’t…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 3rd April 2022

Fifth Sunday in Lent.                                   Year C                                               3rd April 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 43 v16-21;   Psalm 126;   Philippians 3 v4b-14;   John 12 v1-8. An outpouring of love. The gospel passage today tells us of an incident at the house of Lazarus, Mary and Martha in the village of Bethany, not far from the city of…