Mothering
As we move through the fifty days of Easter we learn more and more of how the risen Christ is present among us, and in our Gospel this Sunday we move [...]
Palm Sunday – the power of love
Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey with crowds cheering and waving branches, is a day full of festive joy and laughter. I ca [...]
God’s liberating love for all
One of the great tasks and responsibility laid on each of us is to pass on the faith to each succeeding generation. This is specifically spelled out i [...]
God never stops loving us
One of the things I love about John’s Gospel – so different from Matthew, Mark and Luke – is the opportunity John gives us to listen in on a couple of [...]
The story of God setting us free
One of the new phrases that has crept into our everyday language is ‘Fake News.’ While the phrase may be new, people have been twisting the truth from [...]
New beginnings
Our readings this Sunday speak about new beginnings, firstly in the story of Samuel who as a young lad learns to listen for God’s guidance, and then i [...]
God’s reconciling love
This Sunday we light the fourth candle on our Advent wreath – the candle of Love. However, the word ‘love’ means so many different things that we need [...]
For all the saints…..
This Sunday we are invited to remember those men and women who have inspired people through the ages because of the way they lived; and because in tha [...]
We are not alone
The other day I was talking to a member of our congregation at St John’s about what we might do when the restrictions ease and enable us to gather aga [...]