A Baptist-Methodist Ecumenical Church in Leicester
Faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen. These words from the letter to the Hebrews were the basis of one of the first sermons I prepared. In my youthful way I used the bible as a sort of resource book and enjoyed finding definitions that would help me understand its ideas. Faith seemed a…
Then people shall come from east and west, north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. Luke 13:29. This is a great statement of Jesus against any prejudice or discrimination in the formation of the kingdom of God. To be part of the work of God does not depend on our origins, orientation, culture or experience of…
A new star travels across the heavens, magi study their charts and make ready for a journey, and a carpenter and his betrothed, heavily pregnant, prepare to make the journey demanded of them by the Roman authorities to be counted in a census in Bethlehem. And when these events converge, the angels sing and the world rejoices that God has…
I wonder what small acts of kindness you have received in the past few days, or you have been able to offer to someone else?
Ancient stories from the beginning of the bible are written by people trying to make sense of things. Some of them focus on the universal human use of retaliation. Violence and war are the children of the human need to get even. From the very earliest times right up to this century conflict is often created by the need to…
“For everything there is a season and a time for everything under heaven”. The voice of Qoheleth from Ecclesiastes (3:1) The older I get the more I value routine and the patterns of the Church Year. They keep me on track and I am glad to accept the process of time moving on.