An archive of the Great 50 days entries from 2018
‘Would you like to join us for a coffee, it’s really cold out today?’ I asked the men from one of the motorcycle groups who meet down by the harbour. ‘Thank you, but we don’t feel that we should come into church, because people don’t like us that much or Read more…
“Would you lead Bible Study on Friday at 5pm?” I was asked at short notice near the end of a busy week of preparing courses, writing devotional material and teaching adults. It is hard for me in French and Creole but I reluctantly agreed. Arriving 15 minutes early, 50 people Read more…
Jesus asks us to follow Him. He asks us to go somewhere new, maybe somewhere challenging. But before we set off on that journey, He asks us: “Do you love me?” (vv15, 16, 17). He asks us over and over again, until we finally hear the truth in the question. Read more…
Much has been written about the woman at the well; mainly speculation, as we know very little fact. She is often presented as a woman shunned by her community because of her life-style and therefore she is collecting water in the heat of the day when she would not expect Read more…
I can struggle with this passage, especially in terms of mission…because very often faith and mission, are tentative, easily shaken, tiny like a spark, sometimes not even that, but a seeking to find a firm place to plant your foot. I try to think through illustrations of solid rock I Read more…
‘To know Christ and make Him known.’ That’s the aim of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women. For something like twenty-five years I’ve had close involvement with, first, Women’s Network and now Methodist Women in Britain. This is the British Unit of the World Federation and so Read more…
Elizabeth Alexander’s poem “I Believe” ends with the words “and are we not of interest to each other?” This has been a source of much reflection over the last months as we work with many non churched families in Stockton requesting baptism. In the light of this reading I offer Read more…
An Invitation to stillness “Let Your good Spirit lead me” (Psalm 143: 10) We are the people of God We are called to be his disciples We are empowered by the Holy Spirit We are the Body of Christ The Lord our God has given to us his word Read more…
God is Love The whole of humanity is longing and searching for love. Everyone desires to be loved and to have someone to love in return. Often the ‘love’ people experience is not an accurate reflection of God’s love. We demand other people’s love in return for our own; we Read more…
Reflecting on the bible passage 1 Samuel 3:8-10: It is the calling of the Lord. To first understand what God has to say to us we need to believe by removing all the blindness of the world and everything that keeps us away from God. It is needed from each Read more…