An archive of the Great 50 days entries from 2018
St. Mark records for us that Jesus was leaving (v18). The man, no longer ‘legion’, understandably has had his life transformed by his encounter with Jesus and naturally wants to stay in Christ’s presence. Hearing many people’s stories of their transforming encounters with Jesus over my life, this is a Read more…
Peter’s letters were written to young Christians who were exploring their new-found faith. How should they live now? What changes were expected of a follower of Christ? These were critical questions for many, and not always easy to answer. Peter’s words in this passage describe the attitude that was expected Read more…
The risen Jesus was teaching His disciples. He wanted them to be ready for the next part of the adventure of faith. And what an adventure it was to be! We see in this passage Jesus instructing them about important aspects of their development as faithful disciples: verse 44 – Read more…
From John Wesley’s Journal, March 1738: “Saturday, March 4 – I found my brother at Oxford, recovering from his pleurisy; and with him Peter Bohler; by whom, in the hand of the great God, I was, on Sunday, the fifth, clearly convinced of unbelief, of the want of that faith Read more…
Aged about nine I would be sent by my mother the half-mile into town to shop. I would receive a clear list of instructions as to which shops to go to and what to purchase. The important part was listening to the instructions and delivering the requests to the appropriate Read more…
In a world that focuses so much on the I or we it can be tempting in our mission to start with I or we, today’s reading reminds us that a life of mission is not so much about ourselves or what we can do, but the truth of Christ Read more…
We have a tendency, as human beings, to not like certain things and one of them is someone who boasts about being good at something. We prefer to see a person being humble and contrite, the sort of person who says, “I do it for God and for his people”. Read more…
The calling to a specific mission is very personal, that nudge and word from God comes when least expected but requires an immediate response. A time of prayer and planning, a time to wait for the Holy Spirit to come, as to set out in your own strength has failure Read more…
An Invitation to stillness “How Precious to Me Are Your Thoughts O God” (Psalm 139: 17) The invitation is given to every human being To enter into the stream of divine love Or at least to venture a big toe Into the river of eternal life As we Read more…
“Fruit that will last”: what a strange picture. In itself fruit doesn’t last: producing more of the species involves the death in some way of the fruit itself: rotting away, eaten, dried to split open so that seeds are dispersed for new life to be brought about. But when we Read more…