My son recently sent one of those messages, (we’ve probably all had them), “mum, what are you doing in May?” How would you respond to this? Excited? “Why what are you suggesting we do?” Cynical? “Why, what do you want?” Needless to say it was the latter. “How would you like to look after Bill…
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C 16th February 2025 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 17 v5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15 v12-20; Luke 6 v17-26. Finding the right way. The Psalmist suggests that the way to happiness is towards God and the way to ruin is away from God. (Psalm 1 v1,6). In today’s Old…
I don’t know whether you have noticed, but there seems to be a poll each month showing the decline in Church attendance, less people having any religious belief, and more Churches closing yearly. It becomes a most depressing picture, which seems to me makes us retreat into our separate denominations. We spend more time on…
At the recent Folk Cafe in FMC at Trinity one of the musicians said he was going to play the Harmonica. He held up the tiniest one I think any of us had ever seen. Before he started to play he told us a bit about it. In December 1965 the two astronauts, who were…
February – the shortest month – some years doesn’t even contain a full moon, depending on how the dates fall. It was named after the Latin term ‘februum’ meaning purification since the Christian festival of Candlemas recognises Mary’s purification after the birth of Jesus occurs on the 2nd February. It’s a season of change as…
Today’s reading is from Matthew 5:17-20, part of Jesus’s teachings known as The Sermon on the Mount. It is about legal compliance in every respect and taking compliance to the next level by living the letter and the spirit of the teachings of the Old Testament. Most of us go through a rebellious phase (or…
There are many preachers who invite people to Christ that when they are born again life will be back to normal and sweet. Some people felt cheated when what they were promised did not come true. They were promised healing within a certain time but that didn’t happen. They were promised success and prosperity but…
This week, our bite sized service reflects on Psalm 27:1.
Report on last Sunday’s café church at LRMC.
I am sure many readers will have heard the story of the teacher, having asked the class to draw someone, approached one child and asked her who she was drawing. The girl replied that she was drawing God and the teacher responded, “No one knows what God is like”. The girl replied, “They will when…