I'm not really made from pink wool, and I don't live in outer space, but I DO like knitting! I'm a Bible-reading, maths-teaching, theology-studying, resource-writing, terribly untidy mum-of-three currently located in the middle of England. Occasionally, God gives me a thwack round the head with a rolled-up newspaper, and I try to listen. Sometimes.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 This week’s passage contains the famous image of sins like scarlet becoming white like wool. As a paid-up member of Yarnaholics Anonymous, anything featuring wool is good in my eyes. “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;though they are red … More Isaiah 1 – Cleaning up
I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them (Hosea 11:4) When I was a tot, I had a set of baby reins like these. In case you’re not familiar, baby reins … More Cords of Human Kindness (Hos 11)
Have you ever noticed something odd about The Lord’s Prayer? Like, it’s not the Lord’s prayer? No, really. Check it out in Matthew 6 or Luke 11 (this week’s gospel reading) and you will notice a lot of things different from the versions we say in church. There’s that whole chunk at the end missing … More The Lord’s Prayer (plus Colin Firth in *that* shirt)
Amos 7:7-17 & Luke 10:25-37 Craft – make a plumb line You will need: string a large washer (or a fancy coin with a hole in the middle, like this one) Optional – gold paint or paint pen The washer has a hole in the middle – it’s ‘holey’ (arf arf!) It also looks like a … More Plumb lines and moveable goalposts
All-age Resources Betty and the Huge Pimple – A funny sketch for people or puppets. Betty and the Huge Pimple features in A(nother) Bucketful of Ideas for Church Drama. Fourteen sketches perfect for Messy Church, all-age worship, school and youth work. Don’t dismiss sketches as just for ‘the children’s slot’. Think back to a service … More Naaman and Lord of the Harvest
1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 Elijah says, Follow me Then the LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram. Also you shall anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and you shall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat … More Every tree that falls …
1 Kings 19:1-15 Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD … More Hearing the Silence
I have a shape in my hand. If I hold it to the light, it gives a square shadow. What is my shape? Most people will say a cube, and that’s a perfectly reasonable answer. It fits what we see exactly and is the most likely shape. Thinking about the square shadow that we can … More Tetrahedron Teabags and Power Rangers’ Megazord
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs What the …? Who the …? Huh? If you’ve ever puzzled over this bewildering list of places and people, … More Where the Heck is Phrygia?
This week’s passage is about Paul and Silas in prison and the subsequent faith and baptism of the gaoler. (Picture from FreeBibleImages.org) Like many passages in the New Testament, we see God the Father clearly (“These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation!”) and we see … More Acts 19 and a Tri-Tetra-Flexagon!
The Reflectionary 