Identity And story
In a blog last year I wrote about the influence that other people have in shaping our identity. We have to throw off the expectations others have of us. Then we can …
reflection
Trinity Sunday
Tomorrow is Trinity Sunday. Many people find the concept of the Trinity hard to understand. The problem I suggest is that we live in a binary world where everything is either / …
Platinum Jubilee
Today is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Seventy years ago on this day, June 2nd, Elizabeth was anointed Queen. Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person’s …
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 – …
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 …
Are you well?
Generally speaking when a person asks ‘Are you well?’ or ‘how are you?’ they are being polite. They do not want details about your health, recent surgery or other problems. To …
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 …