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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 28th March 2021

Palm Sunday                                     Year B                                                 28th March 2021 Lectionary Readings:                       Psalm 118 v1-2, 19-29.          Mark 11 v1-11. A threat to national security? I doubt whether Pontius Pilate enjoyed his visits to Jerusalem. As the Emperor’s local governor, charged with maintaining law and order, he was obliged to be present at major Jewish…

Living Stones

Pat and Glenn George from the Felixstowe Mission area have been spreading the good news of Jesus in a wonderfully creative way this lock down.  The couple have painted stones each bearing a Christian message of hope and  encouragement. These  “Living Stones” have been left around the Town of Felixstowe and in the Sea Front…

The Miracle Maker – DVD Review

The Miracle Maker dvd Icon Films, 1999 87 minutes £7.00 A book with the same title is also available : Hodder & Stoughton, 2000 £2.00ISBN 978 0 340 735 633 This animated cartoon is a graphic re-telling of the story of Jesus based on the gospel accounts as seen through the eyes of Tamar, the…

My Brother’s Keeper by Rod Gragg

My Brother’s Keeper by Rod Gragg.  Little, Brown & Co., 2016   250 pages  £12.99ISBN 978 1 455 566 280 What a beautiful book. Beautiful for two reasons.  Firstly, its 250 pages yield 30 different stories, so, about 8 pages for each story – not enough to get bored ! This book can be put…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 21st March 2021

Fifth Sunday in Lent                                    Year B                                                21st March 2021 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 31 v31-34;     Psalm 51 v1,2;     Hebrews 5 v5-10;     John v20-33. ‘Freedom from bondage’ and ‘Daring to think differently’. John, writing at the end of the first century, was mindful of the everyday persecution suffered by Christian communities spread across the eastern…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 14th March 2021

Fourth Sunday in Lent                                 Year B                                                 14th March 2021 Lectionary readings Numbers 21 v4-9.   Psalm 107 v1-3, 17-22.   Ephesians 2 v1-10.   John 3 v14-21                        Symbols of God’s saving activity. In the gospel reading John is linking the lifting up of Jesus on the cross with the bronze snake lifted up on a pole…

Shropshire saint

Shropshire saint : a study in the ministry and spirituality of Fletcher of Madeley by George Lawton Epworth Press, 1960  136 pages  £16   (The Wesley Historical Society Lecture, no. 26) If there is anything at all which would encourage you to read the life of John Fletcher of Madeley, it must be the accolade proposed…

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt  dvd 1998  100 minutes  £6 This colourful, animated cartoon is based on the Exodus story of Moses and his people, slaves in Egypt, and their ultimate release from bondage. The essential elements of the Biblical story are there but some poetic licence has been taken in order to ensure the even…