[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?”
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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
“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”
Jesus the Good Shepherd (sermon based on John 10:11-18)
“I am the Good Shepherd” we hear - and what springs to mind? For me, from my years in Sunday school, no doubt, it’s colouring sheets of Jesus holding a cuddly sheep. Maybe, if the budget stretched to it, you got to stick cotton wool on the sheep – oh yeah! Well, this morning we are … Continue reading Jesus the Good Shepherd (sermon based on John 10:11-18)
Letting go and letting God
For those of you who don't know, I am days away from taking a sabbatical from my role as vicar of St Christopher's Church in Coventry. One of the great gifts of this role is that we are granted occasional sabbaticals - three month periods of rest, recreation and restoration. In Coventry Diocese you are … Continue reading Letting go and letting God
God’s Great Gift to All – An Easter Poem
[Part 1] A while ago we told the storyOf how God gave up heaven’s gloryHe came to earth, became a man –It’s all part of his rescue plan He came to save a world in painHe came to bring us hope againTo show people both near and farJust how completely loved we areWe heard before … Continue reading God’s Great Gift to All – An Easter Poem
“Love Unknown” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Matthew
Click here to follow the Bible readings Opening Prayer Almighty Father, look with mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one … Continue reading “Love Unknown” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Matthew
“The Scandal of Grace” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Luke
Click here to follow the readings Opening Prayer Hymn: Here is love vast as the ocean Bible Reading - Luke 22:47-62 Peter – “I let him down” I didn’t sleep a wink. I couldn’t. I felt so awful. Sick in the pit of my stomach. Those words he had said to me kept going round my head. “Tonight, before the cock … Continue reading “The Scandal of Grace” – A Devotional Service for Good Friday based on the Gospel of Luke
Simon of Cyrene – Carrying the cross
Simon of Cyrene makes only a brief appearance in the Passion narrative - he is the one who is forced to carry the cross of Jesus to the site of execution when Jesus is unable to do so, weakened as he is from the beating he has endured at the hands of the soldiers. We … Continue reading Simon of Cyrene – Carrying the cross
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