The 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from Tuesday 18th January until Tuesday 25th January.
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Some people radiate the presence of God when we are with them but a few can do it, even from a picture on a newspaper page. I was struck by this when looking at photographs of the late, The Right Reverend Desmond Tutu. Although an Archbishop and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu faced…
Moral or ethical dilemmas face us all pretty well every day of our lives; some are wrestled with; others blithely ignored. Some are easy; some not so easy. During the Second World War, Simon Wiesenthal, a Jewish prisoner in the German camps was confronted with an ethical problem, difficult enough to last a life time…
Bite Size church returns with a reflection on Psalm 89 1:4.
David Welbourn had pause to think about coincidences on events over the Christmas period this year.
There is a profound link between the James Webb telescope and the timing of its launch.
Psalm 66 v 10.For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver A talented violinist was scheduled to play before a very critical audience. Although she had a fine instrument, she was not satisfied with the quality of its sound. So she said to her father, “This violin must yield its full resonance and vibration of…
I hope that you had a blessed Christmas season and that 2022 will be a better year for all of us. The new calendar year is a time to begin afresh …
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 16th January 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 62 v1-5; Psalm 36 v5-10; 1 Corinthians 12 v1-11; John 2 v1-11. The generosity of God. John wants his readers to be in no doubt that Jesus is the Son of God. Three times in the first chapter, Jesus’ true identity…
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. One of my earliest school memories, to my shame, is when I was sent to the headmistress’s office after playing “tag” in the playground and being a little too enthusiastic.…
In the world, I believe that there are two kinds of people, early birds and night owls and I fall very much into the first category. I love early mornings and can get through a huge amount of work before the rest of the world wakes up and since the dawn of the digital age,…