Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 14th September 2025 Lectionary Readings: Exodus 32 v7-14; Psalm 51 v1-10; 1 Timothy 1 v12-17; Luke 15 v1-10. RSVP Luke tells of a time when Jesus was surrounded by a crowd made up of ‘tax collectors and sinners’ and ‘Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses’.…
My last thought was a fourth one based in the world of bags and containers and I fully expected it to be the last of a short series. You may recall that we were thinking about leather wineskins and a saying of Jesus: “And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine…
Over the last few weeks our Hobbies Group at FMC at Trinity has been using the church instead of the hall to meet in. It’s been interesting to see how many people come in when the door is open. I’ve welcomed one German man, a family of five from Austria and on Monday a man…
I tried to compile a list of memorable events that happened in this month and weave them into an acrostic poem. Here is the result: Silent breezes stir the cooling air, Early autumn whispers everywhere. Pilgrims set sail, their journey begun, Two towers fell, beneath September’s sun. Einstein revealed E=mc² in a September, Martin’s March…
Read: Revelation 3:1-6 By the time this is published I will have retired from fulltime work. I will be carrying on part time for a while but only on a very limited basis. I have dug out my old diary from 1981 and as far as I can see I left college on 3rd July,…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Philippians 2:7-10.
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.’ Simon answered, ‘Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if…
One of the debates that occasionally occurs between Christians is related to the use of “modern” Bible translations and updating the words of well-known hymns. I recall a young lady, handed a KJV Bible, said she “couldn’t understand a word of it”, and that was relating to a passage in the Gospels. As for changing…
A few weeks ago I had a short break in Herefordshire. On our first day we decided to walk from Ledbury to Much Marcle, a distance of around 7 miles. We used a recommended route, with notes about interesting places along the way. After leaving Ledbury by a rather overgrown and neglected footpath running alongside…
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 7th September 2025 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 30 v15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon v1-21; Luke 14 v25-33. The seemingly impossible demands of being a disciple. Jesus said, “You cannot be my disciples unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children and…