Do you want to get well? ’ (John 5 verse 6)
Jesus asked the man at the pool of Bethesda ‘Do you want to get well?’ The pool looks a bit like an ancient swimming pool. It was near the Sheep Gate – …
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Vitamin G
‘There are articles on Vitamin G everywhere’ my husband commented. I too had seen and read many articles. But it did not occur to me until this morning that Vitamin …
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 …
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 …
How long, O Lord, how long?
The Psalmist cried ‘How long, O Lord, how long?’ These words from Psalm 6 are but one example. They are as relevant today as they were all those centuries ago. …
The Temple of the Spirit
Do you recognize the phrase ‘The temple of the Spirit’? You can find it in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians where he says: ‘do you not know that your …

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Luke 2) This coming Wednesday, February 2nd we celebrate The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. All babies were brought to the Temple – …