One of the little treasures which I have on my shelf at home is this card. It was given to me almost thirty years ago now. It both makes me laugh and helps me get up in a morning. It`s a cartoon picture of Good Friday. There`s an empty cross on a hillside. Jesus has…
Firstly, this morning we heard that simply magnificent passage from Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 37.1-14) Some of us perhaps recall the recall the old `spiritual`, “Dem` bones dem` bones; them dry bones……” and so on. It`s easy to make light of it. But if you look closely you`ll see that it`s a passage told with such great…
Some weeks ago there was a story in the news about a man who borrowed his son`s video camera to take away with him on holiday. Sadly, he didn`t know which way to point it… So when he got home all he had was two weeks` worth of film of his own face! But this…
If you are familiar with the Old Service of Matins in the Book of Common Prayer you will have recognised our Psalm this morning. Psalm 95 – otherwise referred to as `The Venite` – is a recognisable invitation to sing out God`s praises at the beginning of our worship. “O come, let us sing to…
Over the years I think I`ve learned to live with a low level sense of irritation at the way Jesus telling us that we must be `born again` or `born from above` has been effectively hijacked. I think I`m just a bit cross that this incredibly important teaching has on the one hand, been distorted…
There`s a wonderful moment in the Television series `Outnumbered` (BBC TV) where a Vicar attends a wedding reception and he finds himself placed on a table with a very precocious little boy… And while they`re eating the little boy takes the opportunity to corner the Vicar with all manner of questions ….And at one point…
Back in the 1980`s the actor Bob Hoskins appeared in an Advert for British Gas. He played a London gangland boss who was a bit of a bully…. And his catch phrase was, “Don’t you just love being in control?” Perhaps you might remember it? Back then it caught the mood of the time… And…
