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“Lord Forgive me”

Lord forgive me for the wrongs I doLet me be closer to youSometimes I fail to understandAnd need god’s helping hand I am not brave but I am weakTeach me lord to be mild and meekLet me see good in all othersKnowing they too have troubles Let me not force my personal viewEven though it…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 14th June 2020

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time.                                                                                14.6.20 Lectionary Readings: Exodus 19 v2-8a.                               Moses at Mount Sinai. Romans 5 v1-8                                   A new life for God’s people. Matthew 9 v35 – 10 v8                      Jesus has pity on people. Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? That is the underlying question I think…

Against Calvanism – Book review

Against Calvinism  by Roger E Olson    Zondervan, 2011   £15   207 pages  ISBN 978 0 310 324 676 Also available as an eBook Roger Olson is a Baptist minister and a professor of theology at an American theological college. He has written this book to show the theological and logical weaknesses of Calvinism and, by implication,…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 7th June 2020

Trinity Sunday                                  Year A                                                            7 June 2020. Lectionary Readings Isaiah 40 v12-17; 27-31.                    Who compares with God? And the LORD gives strength. 2 Corinthians 13 v1-13                     Letter ending- blessing. Matthew 28 v16-20                            What Jesus’ followers must do. Motivation. What is it that motivates and binds together God the Father, Jesus and the Holy…

Guilty

We have had beautiful weather and I have walked five and six miles each day. I also have a front and back garden where I can sit. There is plenty of colour, insects, butterflies, and birds arguing who will have the first bath or drink in the morning to amuse me. Yet I was feeling…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 31st May 2020

Day of Pentecost – Whit Sunday                 Year A                                                 31.5.20 Lectionary Readings Numbers 11 v24-30               Seventy leaders are chosen to help Moses. Acts 2 v1-21                           The coming of the Holy Spirit. John 20 v19-23                      Jesus appears to his disciples. ‘A breath of fresh air’ An expression we use to suggest that someone has made…