“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - “Christ the King” Jeremiah 23 vv.1-6: Jeremiah declares God is condemning the evil ones who’ve caused the flock of his people to be scattered across the nations;…
So if I could choose any gospel reading on which to preach to you today, I can tell you it would not be this one! With a church filled with…
“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - “2nd Sunday Before Advent” Malachi 4 vv.1-2a: Malachi says the day is coming when God, like a burning fire, will eradicate all evil doers; but He will…
Is church relevant in this day and age? At one of our recent baptism services, a relative of the child who was being baptised told me that when he’d said…
Jonah – one of the most well-known, strange and memorable stories in the bible. Jonah is instructed to go to Ninevah to warn them to change their ways or else…
Worms and Entitlement As some of you know, I am not a fan of a ‘miserable worm’ view of humanity. This is the view that our basic human nature is…
“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - “Last Trinity Sunday” Joel 2 vv.23-29: The prophet declares that God is going to restore the people of Israel’s prosperity after the land had been devastated by…
I listened to a radio programme the other day called ‘God’s Ways’ that followed three priests in their various parishes. The fictional programme was supposedly looking at the relevance or…
“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - “Trinity 17” Jeremiah 29 vv.1, 4-7 & 11: The prophet says God is telling the leaders and priests of Judah, who’ve been taken into exile in Babylon,…
Have any of you moved any mountains lately? Have you told your mulberry trees or sycamore trees to go and jump in a nearby lake? Have they uprooted and re-rooted…