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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 10th October 2021

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time               Year B                         10th October 2021 Lectionary Readings:   Amos 5 v6-7, 10-15;   Psalm 90 v12-17;   Hebrews 4 v12-16;             Mark 10 v17-31. Money can’t buy you love. In Mark’s account of Jesus’ encounter with a rich man, (a ‘young’ man in Matthew’s account), Jesus acknowledges that the unnamed man is sincere…

Angry at God?

As the area’s Youth Representative for the URC Youth, I sit on a national committee which meets 4 times a year and for the first time since November 2019, we were able to meet in person as a small group back in June. It was a real treat to be back amongst like minded people…

Neanderthal Man

I was recently watching a programme about Neanderthal man who lived on earth around 35,000 years ago and the main focus of the programme was the beautiful artwork that had been left hidden for tens of thousands of years and only recently discovered. The main role of Neanderthal man way back then was to explore,…