Breakfast on the beach…(John 21: 1 – 14)
Peter did not expect breakfast on the beach. He had gone back to work – night fishing – perhaps to take his mind off Jesus’s death. But for Peter work wasn’t …
April 2022
Doubting Thomas
His surname of Thomas linked my husband to doubting Thomas and he was used to being teased. But did you know that Thomas was not the disciple’s name? It means twin – …
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!…there was an undercurrent… read more at The Salt Cellar…
Hosanna! Save us!
It is easy to think that ‘Hosanna!’ is a word of celebration. In fact it means ‘Save us!’ When living in Egypt under terrible conditions the Israelites cried ‘Hosanna!’ as a …
Will you forget me forever? (Psalm 13)
The psalmist asks ‘Will you forget me forever’. I suspect that we ask ‘why have you forgotten me?’ My mum used to ask: ‘why has God left me in his in-tray?’ Nowadays we …