My way home- Look, See, Pray
June 4, 2021
guides” are untrustworthy and divisive. (Greed and self-interested ambition are not characteristics that make wise guides or leaders.) … More My way home- Look, See, Pray
Excuse-O-Matic!
May 31, 2021
A fun resource for exploring the Parable of the Great Banquet and the excuses we all make to God’s call on our lives. This simple craft generates over 500 different excuses for not tidying your room / handing in that report to your boss / getting up at 4am for the baby / eating your … More Excuse-O-Matic!
A Splash is Enough- Look, See, Pray
May 27, 2021
When I was about 10 or 11, our teacher told us to paint the scariest “monster” we could imagine. I went in full technicolour! Garish and somehow less scary than the art “swot” who produced a truly terrifying picture using only two well-chosen colours. You can tell how disappointed I was by the fact I still remember the incident… … More A Splash is Enough- Look, See, Pray
What has the Trinity ever done for us?
May 24, 2021
John 3:1-17, Romans 8:12-17 To slightly mis-quote Monty Python, ‘What has the Trinity ever done for us?’ Well, maybe not aqueducts, roads or public baths, but in today’s passages we find probably the biggest and best thing that anyone ever did for someone else. God adopted us into his family, and by doing that gave … More What has the Trinity ever done for us?
Coastal Shipping- Look, See, Pray
May 20, 2021
“A picture is worth a thousand words” says the old proverb. Perhaps this one needs a thousand words of its own! Every picture needs to be interpreted carefully. What assumptions and preconceptions do we bring to that interpretation? … More Coastal Shipping- Look, See, Pray
Great Commission / Ascension / Pentecost Resources Round Up
May 17, 2021
Who expected, a year ago, that we’d still be meeting virtually in a year’s time? Some churches have started back with 3D meetings, some are still on-line, many are a mixture. It’s going to be a while until ‘normal service(s) is resumed’. So here are a whole bunch of Great Commission / Ascension / Pentecost … More Great Commission / Ascension / Pentecost Resources Round Up
A Psalm of Summer- Look, See, Pray
May 13, 2021
Hope rises gentle from soft southern lands, airs chasing Jack Frost home to the North- promising summer’s heat and the birds of the South. … More A Psalm of Summer- Look, See, Pray
1 John 5:9-13 – God has given us eternal life
May 10, 2021
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. As I write this, there have been elections. And as with all elections, there are winners and there are losers. And losing hurts. Not so long ago there was a big election in America (global sigh of … More 1 John 5:9-13 – God has given us eternal life
John 15:9-17, Eph 1:4 – ” I Chose You”
May 3, 2021
This is a fun trick to illustrate how we may think that we have chosen God, but in fact, he chose us, before the creation of the world. It’s great as an attention-grabber for a sermon, youth groups, All-Age Worship, Messy church or school assembly. Prepare this trick by writing a large 9 on a … More John 15:9-17, Eph 1:4 – ” I Chose You”
Sad Trumpet- Look, See, Pray
April 30, 2021
I have mixed feelings as April ends. It happens every year when the daffs in the garden finally finish their cheery display; there is usually a bit of a break between their passing and the next influx of colour. This year I have marked it by photographing the “Last Trumpet of Spring.” The trumpet is still big, brassy and bold but the other petals are fading fast. Yet the warm spring sunshine glows through it- at first glance it is still gorgeous. But change is coming and the daffodils are departing. … More Sad Trumpet- Look, See, Pray
The Reflectionary 