[Journey with Jesus - Day 3] I was there, you know. Saw everything first-hand. I’ve always gone wherever the crowds go, to be honest, and the crowds were gathering here, by the banks of the Jordan River. People from all over Judea and Jerusalem thronging together, all because they wanted to catch a glimpse of … Continue reading By the River – John the Baptist
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The Woman at the Well – “Spirit and Truth”
Have you ever had that experience when someone looks at you and you can tell that they know all abut you? I had that experience today. I was going out to Jacob’s well to draw water. It was the height of the day, and the heat was beating down on me. Most people choose to … Continue reading The Woman at the Well – “Spirit and Truth”
A Night-time encounter – Jesus and Nicodemus
[Journey with Jesus - Day 5] This has been inspired significantly by the wonderful depiction of this encounter from the Chosen I came to him in the middle of the night. I’d seen him at a distance before; been there when he’d engaged in debates with the other religious leaders. He was extraordinary. Whenever he … Continue reading A Night-time encounter – Jesus and Nicodemus
The Wine Server at Cana
[Journey with Jesus - Day 4] So, I am the one who messed it up. I was the one who calculated how much wine we would need for the wedding. I’m normally good at that sort of thing - it is my job, after all. We asked how many guests were expected for the feasting … Continue reading The Wine Server at Cana
“What are you looking for?”
[Journey with Jesus - Day 4] These (or, in the NIV version, the more direct, “What do you want?”) are the first recorded words of Jesus in John’s Gospel. He says them to two men who are at that point disciples of John the Baptist. Having seen him walking past, John points Jesus out to … Continue reading “What are you looking for?”
The Temptation of Jesus – An angel’s view
[Journey with Jesus - Day 4] We would have caught him, you know. Would have done anything for him. Our whole existence was for the purpose of serving and worshipping him. Day by day we are in the presence of God in the throne room, pouring out our praises, leading the whole of creation in … Continue reading The Temptation of Jesus – An angel’s view
Prepare the Lord’s way
[Journey with Jesus - Day 3] A voice crying out, “Prepare the Lord’s way!”What does that mean for us here today? In the time of the Caesars despotic reignWhen the chosen people are in chains againPrisoners in their own holy landcrying out to see the mighty Lord’s handDesperate to hear the Lord speak his wordWhen … Continue reading Prepare the Lord’s way
Learning to Abide
Last week I spent a precious time at Lee Abbey, with teaching led by Paul and Becky Harcourt. The theme of that week was rooted in John 15, with Jesus’s beautiful teaching on the Vine and the Branches where he says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and … Continue reading Learning to Abide
“In my Father’s house”
[Journey with Jesus - Day 3] Imagining what it must have been like for Jesus to grow up with the realisation of who he was, and the significance for him of being in the temple in Jerusalem, aged 12. It was the same routine. Every year we would go up to Jerusalem with our family … Continue reading “In my Father’s house”
Herod – The King of the Jews
[Journey with Jesus - Day 3] There is only one King of the Jews. I have earned this position. I have fought for this position, I have killed for this position. You don’t get to where I’ve got, through hard work and skilled negotiation, for it to be snatched away. Anyway, the Romans put me … Continue reading Herod – The King of the Jews
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