In the Christian life it is tempting to try and please God ‘works of righteousness’, appease God by self-sacrifices, or hide from God because of our behaviour. However nothing can remove us from the fact that whoever and wherever we are God is pleased with us.
We have learnt from last year to tread carefully rather than boldly into the darkness of the New Year. However the Magi have lessons to teach us about turning the fickleness of Fate into a Starstruck faith
At Christmas we sing about shepherds watching over their flocks by night. What were they watching for and why does their response bring us hope as we go through the dark night of Covid…
It is a commonplace that ‘the Medium is the Message’ but in the business of proclaiming the Good News history is littered with messengers become Message and so failing to proclaim the Word they came to serve.
Sometimes life is so uncertain all that we can do is throw out a prayer in the hope that God is listening and will catch our words. The Good News of Advent and Christmas is that God is waiting to hear us.
The King of the Fisherfolk does not wear rich robes but instead travels in disguise and we can only find this Holy Grail when we learn to reach out to help the thirsty and the hungry, the naked and the homeless, the sick and the imprisoned.
The challenge faced by the One Talent Parable is that he forgets it is the Master’s property he is burying not his own. In the Christian life we must remember that we have nothing to offer except the generosity of our Master and if we bury that how will other’s know about God’s love.
When we attend special events or work in hazardous places we take special care over what we wear. To live the faith fully we need to also pay attentions to the foundation garments of our lives which will influence everything else that we do or say
Everyone carries wounds.
Some of us are able to turn our wounds into scars and use our hurt to bring healing.
How do we turn personal pain into a passion that puts others first?
Authority is an example not a command, earnt not taken, and gained only by a decision to serve.
Suffolk Vicar 