I hope you had a blessed, if different, Easter. I have a list of congregants who do not have computers and who have requested the worship services on CD or DVD; they will shortly be receiving the Easter service. So, if you know of any folk who might like one, please check with them and then let me know.
Thought for the day – Tuesday 14th April 2020 Isn’t it fantastic the way the country is pulling together to heap their praises on all the care staff who are working tirelessly, often at risk to their own health, in their vocation to use all their skill and energy to save lives and restore health. …
A passion for truth : the intellectual coherence of evangelicalism by Alister McGrath. Apollos, 1996 256 pages £14.99 ISBN 0 851 114 477 In 5 sections of closely argued and convincing detail, Alister McGrath demonstrates that evangelicalism enjoys intellectual coherence, (ie within its own terms it is reasonable) as well as academic credibility, that is,…
Thought for the day – Monday 13th April 2020 In these unprecedented times…. This journey through Holy Week is a journey of discovery in a totally unfamiliar world – at least for most of us. Now we experience what those on the margins – those with severe disabilities or illness, the migrant, the refugee, the…
Our online worship service for Easter Day is now available as video or audio. Our Easter theme is Hope Unlocked as we think about how Easter reminds us that the resurrected Christ brings hope and joy to us even when we find ourselves behind closed doors feeling fearful and helpless.
Thought for the day – Easter Sunday 12th April 2020 One of my favourite resurrection narratives in the New Testament is the passage in John’s Gospel (John 20:19-29) which depicts the events towards the end of the first Easter Sunday. After the momentous events of that early morning in the Garden Tomb it appears that…
To turn a corner and to find such beauty, as to take your breathTo look in wonder and to ponderThe Meaning of Christ’s death. An Easter Tree in all its splendourBathed both in shadow and in light.An Easter Tree in all is gloryA sacred sign of Sacred Story. An Easter Tree on Easter morn.When all…
DEAR JESUS CHRIST YOU SAVED US ON THE CROSSWHEN FRIENDS AND FAMILY MOURNED THEIR LOSSINSTEAD OF DYING YOU SET YOUR PEOPLE FREETHEY HEARD YOUR CRIES YET YOU ROSE AGAIN ON DAY THREE YOU TOOK EVERYONES SUFFERING THAT DAYTHEIR PAIN YOU BORE AND DRIED THEIR TEARS AWAYNAILS WERE CRUELLY DRIVEN INTO YOUR HANDSAS YOU SUFFERED THE…
Today, Holy Saturday is the day of the Easter Vigil, the time between the crucifixion and the resurrection, a day of darkness and watching and waiting for the light. I wonder In this pandemic time, whether this is the time with which we can most identify?
Holy Saturday Thought for the day – Saturday 11th April 2020 Mary Magdalen hadn’t slept at all last night, she’d been with the women at the cross and witnessed his final minutes of life, she knew that Jesus was dead, she’d experienced the death of people she’d loved before, who hadn’t? but this was different,…