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.
This week has seen a lot of change; the future seems an uncertain place. Let us take some time, and breathe. Your concerns may be for the world, or they may be closer to home. All are within God’s knowledge and care. God has seen this before. There is nothing beyond his providence. Place your finger … More Being – All Shall Be Well
Then some idiots come from the town to laugh and throw insult at the dying. Prats! Get a life! That other bloke on the cross, not my mate, the other one, joins in the insults. He’s yelling at the Nazareth guy. Mocking him. Seriously? You’ve gonna have that as your final words? Some people never learn. … More Jeremiah 23:1-6 & Luke 23:33-43 – A Bad Friday
Imagine with me. Image you hear a commotion outside your window. You look out. This is the scene. I wonder what is going on. I wonder what you can hear and see. I wonder who is talking, shouting, whispering – and who is silent. I wonder why. I wonder what the different people want. If … More Being – Waiting for Judgement
The temple and the sacrifices were meant as a picture, a teaching tool, as a semon-in-action that people could see and feel and live with. … More Isaiah 65:17-25 & Luke 21:5-19
I wonder … … I wonder what Jesus has been making today. … I wonder what Mary has kept in the chest. … I wonder what the scroll on the window ledge says. … I wonder what the objects on the back wall mean. … I wonder if Jesus knows. Credits The Shadow of Death was … More Being – The End of a Long Day’s Work
I love the ‘after I awake’ phrase. Normally we’d say ‘fallen asleep’ as a euphemism for death, but calling death the awakening sheds fresh light. Job wanted to think of his life as a nightmare, from which he would gladly wake. … More Job 19:23-27, Haggai 1:15-2:9
Take a few moments from your busyness to sit with this picture, and wonder. I wonder what it felt like to be there. I wonder what the people are looking at. I wonder what they are saying and not saying. I wonder what is happening outside. I wonder when that started. Credits Das Abendmahl or … More Being -Evening Meal
Andy: Ah brill – I love this story! It’s one of my favourites. Nasty Zac – the little hairy short dude who no-one liked, then he goes and gives away loads of dosh and then Jesus liked him.
Rod: Errrmmmm … but … … More Luke 19:1-10 – Nasty Zac and the Cake-Fest
Spend some moments looking at this image. Look at the face, the hands, the feet. What do you notice? Look at the light and the dark, the ripples. Where do they come from? Put yourself in the place of Peter. You have left the safety of your boat, striding out at the bidding of your … More Being – The Hand of God
Paul is on trial before Nero (the ‘lion’ of verse 17), who was blaming Christians for everything from curdled milk to the burning of Rome a few years earlier. Paul is never going to be acquitted by Nero, yet he says confidently, ‘The Lord will rescue me’. How? … More 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18
The Reflectionary 