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Continue reading →: Everlasting loveJeremiah 31:3 The Lord appeared to him from far away.“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” Charles Spurgeon, the great English Baptist preacher, said about this verse in Jeremiah: “It is not, ‘I have pitied thee,’ nor ‘I have thought about thee,’ but ‘I…
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Continue reading →: Willing to be gatheredSecond Sunday in Lent (Luke 13:31-35) Today’s reading contains what is called the Lament for Jerusalem. Jesus loves Jerusalem and its people, even though he knows that he will be rejected, and be put to death there. His sadness is apparent when he says, “How often have I desired to…
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Continue reading →: Bless-ed in the here and nowLk 6:17-26, Jer 17:5-10, 1 Cor 15:12-20 Today’s reading from Luke describes the Sermon on the Plain, which is similar to the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus delivered both of these sermons early in his ministry while his disciples were still new, and the crowds at these sermons were huge.…
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Continue reading →: SlothThere are two kinds of people in this world, people who shut cupboards and people who don’t shut cupboards. And only one of these groups does not get upset by this. I know this sounds small but it isn’t, because if a cupboard non shutter and a cupboard shutter are…
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Continue reading →: To God be the gloryLuke 3:15-17, 21-22 Today is the first Sunday of Epiphany, the season during which God steps into the world and announces that he is going to make everything OK. Our God isn’t silent or distant. Our God is not a shy god, and the Bible is full of accounts of…
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Continue reading →: ShemaIt is impossible to over emphasise how significant the Shema Prayer is to our faith and to our spiritual practice. Jesus would have said this prayer hundreds of times during his time with us because it is an ancient Hebrew prayer that was central to the Jewish faith tradition, and…
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Continue reading →: EpiphanyToday, January 6th, is the feast of the Epiphany when we celebrate the visit of the three wise men to Jesus, to bring gifts and to praise and worship him as king. Epiphany is a word that means, “revelation” and specifically the revelation of Jesus as the Son of God.…
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Continue reading →: Blessed are you Lord, our God, king of the universe.Blessed are you Lord, our God, king of the universe… When starting to pray, this ancient blessing is one that can be easily used as a preface to all prayer, whether the prayer is intended for praise, for petition, for contrition or just when we need to touch base and…
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Continue reading →: The call to worshipThe call to worship is a crucial part of the Sunday service because it prepares the congregation to focus on God, who is present among them, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It guides our easily distracted minds to a spiritual place, one that has been cleared of mental clutter. I…
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Continue reading →: The love of the LordLuke 10:25-37 What a joyful day, we are soon to celebrate the bringing of God’s light into the world. And the fourth candle of Advent that is shining its light today is the candle of love, the love of Jesus alive in the world. As we journey through the new…
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