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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd May 2021

Fifth Sunday of Easter                                 Year B                                                 2nd May 2021 Lectionary readings: Acts 8 v26-40; Psalm 22 v25-31; 1 John 4 v7-21; John 15 v1-8.               Joining up the dots on the way to honouring God. Philip helped the Ethiopian official with his thinking about God. Philip linked the passage from the book of Isaiah…

Beyond coincidence – DVD

Beyond coincidence   dvd, Koinonia House, 2010  120 minutes  US$19.99 Video and audio downloads available Dr Chuck Missler introduces an in-depth study of what has become known as ‘the Anthropic Principle’. This principle was so named by Paul Dirac in 1937 and by Robert Dicke in 1961. Ir describes the appearance of the universe as having…

If Jesus were to visit me

If Jesus were to visit meHe would take me as I amBecause he knows me best of allAnd would simply shake my hand I would show him round the gardenThen offer him cake and teaWe’d chat about the changing worldAnd how it affects you and me I’d tell him about the hopes I haveThat children…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 25th April 2021

Fourth Sunday of Easter                  Year B                                                            25th April 2021 Lectionary Readings:      Acts 4 v5-12;            Psalm 23;     1 John 3 v16-24;      John 10 v11-18. Seizing the opportunity and responding to God’s love for us. Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and told the nation’s leaders and elders: “You are questioning us today about…

KJB : the book that changed the world

KJB : the book that changed the world  dvd, 2010  94 minutes £5.99 Presented by John Rhys-Davies and scripted by Murray Watts, this film tells the amazing tale of events leading up to the birth of the King James Bible.  Looking back 6 or 7 centuries with the help of some dramatised episodes, the presenter…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 18th April 2021

Third Sunday of Easter                                Year B                                                    18th April 2021 Lectionary readings:   Acts 3 v12-19;  Psalm 4;     1 John 3 v1-9,   Luke 24 v36b-48. Letting go and letting God. The psalmist says “I can lie down and sleep soundly because you, Lord, will keep me safe”. (Ps4 v8). The writer is confident that…

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse : what Hawking said and why it matters  by David Hutchings and David Wilkinson  SPCK, 2020  210 pages  £9.99    ISBN 978 0 281 081 912also available as an ebook There are so many plaudits from scientists that there must be something very special about this book. Indeed there is, for…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 11th April 2021

Second Sunday of Easter                              Year B                                                 11th April 2021 Lectionary Readings:           Acts 4 v32-35;            1 John 1 1v1-2v2;      John 20 v19-31. Friends re-united. The reading from John’s gospel relates to events in the evening of what we now call Easter Day. Jesus appears to his disciples, his friends. The shock of his…