It’s nearly the Easter hols! Yay! To celebrate, here is a selection of useful links from all over the place. (This is a re-post from last year, so please do let me know if any of the links have broken since then. Ty xx) There’s a printable and video for how to make your own … More Easter Round-Up
Hello ‘Flectioneers, having in the last six weeks completed a 3000-word essay on the history of interpretation of the (almost) sacrifice of Isaac (including Greek, Hebrew and a sassy little chiasm); finished the manuscript of my latest book and got that sent to the publisher; and written a 6000-worder on Bonhoeffer as the Luther of … More Why is Easter so Hard?
Adapted from a 2017 post An Activity Find an audio recording of today’s passage – you can find them at Bible Gateway, for example. Sit quietly for a moment and notice to your breathing. Then listen to the passage with your imagination as well as year ears. Imagine yourself in the room. I wonder who … More Mentioning-the-elephant-in-the-room Thomas
We’re off-piste again this week as I have been drafted in for an emergency intergen slot. (OK, not much of an emergency. What can I say? I live a quiet life.) So please find below a modern take on Jesus’ ‘you are the light of the world’ metaphor in Matt 5, and a wonderfully geeky … More Light of the World – and Some Geeky Physics
What a very bucolic theme we have to this week’s Reflectionary. I feel I should don a smock and prance around with a pitchfork. Or perhaps just watch THAT Yeo Valley advert a couple of times. (Love the chicken!) Click here for my freshly-preached sermon on John 10:11-18, the Good Shepherd. My apologies for posting … More Shepherds and Farmers and Sunshine(?)
Yes, it’s Easter 4 and another sheepy set of readings, so here is is a link to a load of ovine resources. Good Shepherd Resources Below is a reflection on one of the oft-overlooked verses from John 10:1-10, and below that your liturgy resources. Enjoy! Between the Sound-Bites John 10:1-10 This passage is a poster … More Between the Sound-Bites Jn 10
Yes, I know it’s not my usual posting time of early Monday (or late Sunday for those in the US / Canada), but I just HAD to share this nerdy Easter fun with you. And we can all use a little exercise to work off those choco-calories. (I can, certainly!) You’ve probably noticed that the … More Easter Egg-cercise!
This week, liturgy resources based on Isa 55 and Psalm 63, and a somewhat longer than usual reflection. Probably best to get a cup of tea and a biccy before you start. (The TL;DR version – every time I think I know, I find there’s a whole lot more to know. It applies to God … More Isaiah 55, Psalm 63 and thoughts on Numbers (the digits, not the Bible book)
Print and fold this amazing Advent calendar then flex to find each day’s reading. It’s a perfect for Messy Advent or as a giveaway for your youth and families ministry. For schools this makes a fun Christmas craft, with some mathemagic thrown in for good measure – what more could one want? So what is … More Flexagon Advent Calendar!
John 15:9-17 ‘Chosen’
A mathemagic trick and script to illustrate ‘You did not choose me, but I chose you’.
Try it, you’ll be amazed! … More John 15:9-17 I Chose You
The Reflectionary 