Hope in challenging times
This Sunday will be the first time when there will be no service of public worship at St John's in the way we normally understand it. All religious se [...]
Jesus treats people with respect. How do we treat others?
What challenging times we live in as we come to terms with the impact that the Corona Virus is having on us all – right across the world. However, it [...]
Preparing for Easter
I grew up in a large family. There were seven of us in addition to our parents, so we needed a Combie van to get us all around and at times it all see [...]
Loving God and our neighbour.
One of the things I remember as a child is a saying my father impressed upon me. He said, ‘Your word is your promise’. If I say I’ll do something, the [...]
The world belongs to God
I have often welcomed January as a time to plan for the coming year. It’s usually quieter with no meetings and many people away on holiday. But this y [...]
The reign of Christ
This Sunday marks the end of our Christian Year, but we don’t have parties as we do on New Year’s Eve, in fact it goes past hardly noticed. After all [...]
God seeks the lost
Luke’s story of the prodigal son, coming as it does in the very middle of the Gospel, and at the end of three stories about loss, is central to the me [...]