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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 30th October 2022

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year C.                       30th October 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah1 v10-18;      Psalm 32 v1-7;      2 Thessalonians 1 v1-4, 11-12;      Luke 19 v1-10. Hypocrisy and Honesty. Isaiah speaks for God in challenging the hypocrisy of the Temple worshippers of his day. God says, “No matter how much you pray, I won’t listen. You…

Humility

Way back in the latter part of the nineteenth century a wealthy Halifax businessman Sir Henry Edwards had a long-standing feud with neighbouring landowner John Edward Wainhouse. To prove his superiority, Edwards built a large house standing in its own land and boasted that he had the most private estate in Halifax, and nobody could…

Not safe but good

The Thought for the Day is from Psalm 34 v 11.Come, my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord We will not get far in our relationship with God unless we understand that He is to be feared. In the Chronicles of Narnia, an allegory by C.S.Lewis, two girls, Susan and Lucy,…

Listening?

The Thought for the Day is from Luke 6 v 37.Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven A man was having difficulty communicating with his wife and concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So, he decided to…

“That’s another fine mess!”

One day three year old Brandon sees his father eating chocolate chip cookies and says to himself, ”Daddy loves chocolate chip cookies with milk. So I’m going to give Daddy a glass of milk.”  With that he goes into the dining room and drags a dining room chair into the kitchen, leaving a trail of…

Social Media

Matthew 14:34-6 – When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. And when the men of that place recognised Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all who were ill to him and begged him to let those who were ill just touch the edge of his cloak, and all…

Inspiration on the backs of toilet doors

At the Christian conference centre I visited a while ago, in the ladies’ toilets there were ‘inspirational messages’ on the backs of the cubicle doors which certainly made me pause for thought. The first was this one: “It is during the worst storm in your life that you get to see the true colors of…

The C word.

Luke 2 verse 11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you, he is the Messiah, the Lord. When did you see the first TV advert for Christmas? Most of the time, I “zone out” when adverts are on but a few days ago I was aware of seeing one…