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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th January 2021

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                                     24th January 2021 Lectionary Readings: Jonah 3 v1-5,10.                    Jonah goes to Nineveh. Psalm 62 v5-12.                     God is powerful and kind. 1 Corinthians 7 v29-31.        The Lord will soon come. Mark 1 v14-20.                      Jesus begins his work. Are you heading in the ‘right’ direction? Some people are told…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 17th January 2021

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.              Year B                                                 17th January 2021 Lectionary Readings: 1 Samuel 3 v1-20.                  The Lord speaks to Samuel. Psalm 139 V1-6, 13-18.         The Lord is always near. 1 Corinthians 6 v12-20.        Honour God with your body. John 1 v 43-51.                      Jesus chooses Philip and Nathanael. ‘The Nearness of You’          A…

A Flame of Love

A Flame of Love : a personal choice of Charles Wesley’s verse  by Timothy Dudley-Smith Triangle (SPCK), 1987   160 pages  Available second-hand from Amazon ISBN 978 0 281 043 002 To remember the bicentenary of the death of Charles Wesley, the greatest of all English hymn writers, as well as the 250th anniversary of…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 10th January 2021

Sunday after Epiphany                    Year B                                                 10th January 2021 Lectionary readings: Genesis 1 v1-5,           Psalm 29,        Acts 19 v1-7,              Mark 1 v4-11. The missing years. Last week we read about the infant Jesus and this week we are presented with an adult Jesus. What happened to the bit in the middle? Luke…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 3rd January 2021

Second Sunday of Christmas                                   Year B                                     3rd January 2021 Lectionary readings: Jeremiah 31   v7-14               Israel will return to its own land. Psalm 147                               Sing and praise the Lord. Ephesians 1 v3-14                  Christ brings spiritual blessings. John 1 v1-18.                         The Word of life. The ‘Ultimate Blessing’. Jeremiah foretells of a time…

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

With the current situation meaning that we cannot get together to sing this year, an idea sprung up to try and record a version of Hark the Herald Angels Sing across the Ipswich Circuit. The response has been great with videos coming in from 26 singers and 16 instrumentalists ! Putting the video together has…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 27th December 2020

First Sunday of Christmas               Year B                                                 27th December 2020 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 61 v10-62 v3               Celebrate and shout! Psalm 148                               Come, praise the Lord. Galatians 4 v4-7                    God’s children. Luke 2 v22-40                        Simeon and Anna. Recognition, acceptance and celebration of promises kept. Luke tells of Joseph and Mary taking the infant Jesus…

On Jesus

On Jesus   by Douglas Groothuis   Wadsworth, 2002  £20   98 pages  ISBN 978 0 534 583 941  (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) This is one of a series of well over 70 compact volumes dealing with the work and thought of great philosophers, both classic and contemporary. This book by a scholar (professor of philosophy…