Old Testament Reading Isaiah 56; v 1-8 The focus of this reading is keeping the Sabbath. A truly counter-cultural marker of being God’s Chosen People. During the pandemic, how have we been challenged to keep the Sabbath in different ways?  What have you found helpful? How much of the responsibility for keeping the Sabbath lies…

Lectionary Readings   1 Kings 19 9-18    Psalm 85. 8-13     Romans 10. 5-15 The Gospel Reading; Matthew 14 22-33. High on the list of best ever recordings we would almost certainly find Simon and Garfunkel’s timeless “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. For me, it has long symbolised incarnation; that Christ on the cross literally becomes for us,…