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Cows, curses and Christ

Cows, curses and Christ : disciple making among the Laarim of South Sudan by Philip and Linda Byler.Privately published, 2012  1786 pages  £4 (available from Amazon)   ISBN 978 8 718 387 742 This is a well told story of missionary work in a very troubled part of Africa – Sudan. It has one very…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 23rd April 2023

The Third Sunday of Easter – Year A                                                                     23rd April 2023 Lectionary readings: Acts 2 v14a, 36-41;      Psalm 116 v1-4, 12-19;       1 Peter 1 v17-23;        Luke 24 v13-35. Strangers no more. In Luke’s account, two disciples on the way to the village of Emmaus, are joined by a  ‘stranger’ who they later discover is the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 16th April 2023

Second Sunday of Easter                              Year A                                                 16th April 2023 Lectionary Readings:  Acts 2 v14a, 22-32;    Psalm 16;    1 Peter 1 v3-9;    John 20 v19-31 Faith in Jesus leads to true life. The readings this week open with Luke’s account of Peter’s speech to a crowd on the Day of Pentecost. Peter, accompanied by the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 9th April 2023

Easter Day                                                     Year A                                                 9th April 2023 Lectionary readings: Jeremiah 31 v1-6,      Psalm 118 v1-2, 14-24;      Colossians 3 v1-4;      Matthew 18 v1-10. God keeps his promises. The prophet Jeremiah was active before and during the time of the Babylonian invasion. Jeremiah wrote, Some time ago, the Lord appeared to me and told me to…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd April 2023

Palm Sunday                                                 Year A                                     2nd April 2023 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 50 v4-9a;      Psalm 31 v9-16;      Philippians 2 v5-11;      Matthew 27 v11-54. Majestic humility. The (second) prophet Isaiah was preaching during the time of exile in Babylonia. The OT reading, appears to be related to an individual, possibly the prophet himself. It could also relate…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 26th March 2023

Fifth Sunday in Lent                        Year A                                                 26th March 2023 Lectionary Readings:   Ezekiel 37 v1-14;    Psalm 130;    Romans 8 v6-11;    John 11 v1-45. The breath of Life. Life comes from God. He created us and gave us breath. Today’s readings echo the creation stories found in Genesis. In the second creation story; The Lord God…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 19th March 2023

Fourth Sunday in Lent                                 Year A                                                 19th March 2023 Lectionary Readings:   1 Samuel 16 v1-13;    Psalm 23;    Ephesians 5 v8-14;    John 9 v1-41. Recognising God at work. I wonder what young David made of the prophet Samuel anointing him as the next king? One minute, tending a flock of sheep, the next, commissioned by…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 12th March 2023

Third Sunday in Lent                                   Year A                                                 12th March 2023 Lectionary readings:  Exodus 17 v1-7;    Psalm 95;    Romans 5 v1-11;    John 4 v5-42. Hunger and thirst. All human beings need food and water in order to survive. Our readings today speak about hunger and thirst in two senses, physical and spiritual. The people of God…

The knowledge of the holy

The knowledge of the holy : the attributes of God : their meaning in the Christian life  by AW TozerSTL Productions, 1976 (first published in 1961) 128 pages £9 (various editions are available) AW Tozer can aptly be described as ‘a thinking man’s preacher’. He enjoyed a fruitful ministry in Chicago and Canada in the…