Pentecost opens the door to God’s love
Luke’s story of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples is highly dramatic and very powerful. I think Luke is drawn to the dramatic, to power [...]
God with us always
One of the vivid memories I have of my time on the Island of Iona in Scotland is what happened every Saturday morning. This was the time when all the [...]
We are not alone
This Sunday we hear Jesus speaking to his disciples preparing them for the time when he will no longer be with them. Maybe you have done this from tim [...]
Faith and celebration
Every year in the middle of the Easter season western culture has celebrated Mother’s Day since its inception in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memoria [...]
Jesus – the gate to new life
One of the first images we are given of the early Christian Church is that of the disciples who have gathered for mutual support in an atmosphere of f [...]
The ‘YES’ of Easter
Holy Week and Easter have always been deeply significant for me and a very rich time of prayer and worship. Through Holy week we have generally gather [...]
Palm Sunday
It's Palm Sunday this Sunday! A day when the Christian communities around the world traditionally have palm branches adorning their church buildings, [...]
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 [...]