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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 6th March 2022

First Sunday in Lent.                                    Year C                                     6th March 2022 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 26 v1-11; Psalm 91 v1-2, 9-16; Romans 10 v8b-13; Luke 4 v1-13 God’s love embraces us all. The apostle Paul, writing to followers of Jesus in Rome states quite boldly that “The Scriptures say that no one who has faith will be…

Rogues, Scoundrels & Scallywags of Scripture

WEEK 4 This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent discuss 9 different characters from the Bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. SAUL the PERSECUTOR – Saul…

The mountain top experience

On two separate occasions I have forked out good money to ride to the top of Snowdon in one of their trusty little trains and both occasions have been memorable and one day I would love to repeat the experience. I have been enticed into making this journey each time with pictures like the one…

Could we be wrong?

There is a plethora of faiths around the world today – political, economic, social and, of course, religious. We are familiar with the many religions practised in our time – the well-known ones like Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Confucianism, atheism, Satanism, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses and many others not so well known. Of the…

Be kind

“The book “In His Steps” may have earned less money for its author than any other bestseller in history. Charles M. Sheldon wrote it in 1896, and it was first published by a religious weekly magazine. The magazine’s publisher failed to meet copyright regulations, so Sheldon lost legal ownership of the book. Scores of publishers…

Carrying Capacity

We have woken up to the reality of the damage the human population is doing to the environment. Carrying capacity is the limit to the size of population that the planet can sustain; the more the population demands from the environment the smaller the population the environment can support but the population grows anyway. All…