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Lectionary reflections for Sunday 21st June 2020

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21.6.2020 Lectionary Readings:Jeremiah 20 v7-13 Jeremiah complains to God.Romans 6 v1b-11 Dead to sin but alive because of Christ.Matthew 10 v24-39 The one to fear. When the going gets tough…….. In the Old Testament passage, Jeremiah is being honest with God about how he is feeling.Jeremiah is blaming God for…

Once saved, always saved ? – DVD Review

Once saved, always saved ? A study in perseverance and inheritance by David Pawson dvd, 2011 80 mins. £9.99 to purchase : free to download and watch from davidpawson.org book £8.99 ISBN 978 0 340 610 664 In this dvd, David Pawson (who went to be with the Lord recently, aged 90) addresses two questions,…

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…

The Ipswich Blessing

The Ipswich Blessing is a collaboration between 40 different Churches and 58 Singers and Musicians in the Ipswich area. We pray that this will be a real blessing to you all.

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…

Three times a day – A poem by Maureen Brown

THREE TIMES A DAY AND SOMETIMES MOREI GET ON MY EXERCISE BIKE AND RIDE OUT OF THE DOORI FEEL THE SUN ON MY BACK AND THE WIND IN MY HAIRI PEDAL AND PEDAL INDOORS NEXT TO MY CHAIR THE FASTER I PEDAL MY IMAGINATION RUNS WILDI PASS PLOUGHED FIELDS AND PATHS WITH STYLESA TRAIN IN…

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…

Gods Big Picture – DVD Review

God’s Big Picture : a Bible overview by Vaughan Roberts Book IVP, 2009 £8.99 170 pages ISBN 978 1 844 743 704 dvd IVP, 2017 £9.99 9 781 783 596 140 The book and dvd both trace the storyline of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and they can each be used quite independently with…