At a time when we are not allowed to travel, our common life has been diminished, and truth changes with the daily newspaper headlines, we need to discover once more what it means to know Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Lockdown, locked-up, or enfolded?
There are so many voices to confuse us yet if we shut them all out we are even more isolated.
What if we transformed this lockdown into the gift of being safely enfolded with the Good Shepherd when we can listen intently to His words of love and comfort.
There is a world of difference between heartburn and our hearts ‘burning’ within us.
One is to do with over-indulgence and greed, the other demands we get even more involved in the process of giving our lives and our hearts away
The old chorus exhorts us to ‘Reach out and touch the Lord’ but we live in a time when touching brings death instead of life. How do we still sing ‘Alleluia’ at the beginning of an Easter that feels more like Lent.
The light always, always shines brightest in the deepest darkness
Currently, due to Covid-19 restrictions, our parish is running an hour behind the rest of the nation.
Perhaps not a bad thing as looking to the past in times of crisis reminds us of God’s faithfulness then, comfort now and hope for the future
It seems that everybody, even God is in lockdown and no one has any weal for our woe. For a Bible reading all we have left to give is a dead man and a smell…
St John the Baptist, Felixstowe – Sermon for Mothering Sunday 22 March 2020 Terry Gibb – Reader and Churchwarden May I speak in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost A 102 year old lady was asked if she had any worries in life. After a pause she replied – ‘not… Continue reading Motherless Mothering Sunday
As churches deny their congregations communion wine to help restrict the spread of Corona Virus we may leave worship feeling a little empty. However it is the empty hungry thirsty Christians who can most easily bring the Good News to others
Words are at the same time beautiful and ugly, creative and destructive and we must be careful how we use them. But how do we decided when to speak and when to be silent?
