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The Power of the Word …

The Power of the Word : the Bible is the most influential book of all time – and its story continues today…   compiled and edited by Luci Thomas and Patrick Wilson Wycliffe Bible Translators, 2000  61 pages  ISBN 0 938 978 187 A small book with 28 short, snappy stories about the impact of…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 27th June 2021

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                 Year B                             27th June 2021 Lectionary readings:  Lamentations 3 v22-33;        Psalm 30;       2 Corinthians 8 v7-15;        Mark 5 v21-43. The flow of God’s love. At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, Luke records Jesus quoting from the book of the prophet Isaiah. ‘The Lord’s Spirit has come…

God’s interpreter

God’s interpreter  by George and Helen Jesze  Kingsway, 1984  190 pages  £ 2 available secondhand    ISBN 978 0 860 652 861 Several things become immediately apparent when starting to read this fascinating book which is full of interest. Firstly, the author’s amazing command of the English language – the style is fluent and idiomatic, the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 20th June 2021

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year B                                                 20th June 2021 Lectionary Readings:  Job 38 v1-11;     Psalm 107 v1-3, 23-32;     2 Corinthians 6 v1-13;     Mark 4 v35-41. Teacher, Lord, Master. Was the ‘Storm on the Lake’ incident a miracle or a teaching point, or both? The miracles recorded in the gospels seem to me to…

A wilderness of mirrors

A wilderness of mirrors : trusting again in a cynical world  by Mark Meynell  Zondervan, 2015223 pages  £14.00  ISBN 978 0 310 515 265 This is a book about cynicism in the first place and a Christian antidote to cynicism is then proposed by the author. At its heart, cynicism follows lack of trust in…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 13th June 2021

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                                    13th June 2021. Lectionary Readings: 1 Samuel 15 v34-16v13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5 v6-17; Mark 4 v26-34. Seeds of the Kingdom? One way to begin thinking about Mark’s ‘seed’ stories is to ponder what Jesus meant by ‘The kingdom of God’ when he introduced these stories.…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 6th June 2021

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Year B                                          6th June 2021 Lectionary readings:1 Samuel 8 v4-20; Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4 v13-5v1;  Mark 3 v20-35 The true source of the power to heal. People in ancient times lived in fear of demons, who they thought were responsible for a whole range of what we would…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 30th May 2021

Trinity Sunday                                  Year B                                                            30th May 2021. Lectionary Readings:     Isaiah 6 v1-8;      Psalm 29;      Romans 8 v12-17;      John 3 v1-17. Transforming relationships The apostle Paul argues that “Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are his children”. (Romans 8 v14). Paul goes on to suggest that the relationship between these children and…