Responses and responsibilities in an uncertain age….( pondering the lectionary Mark 12: 38-44)
Was it right that she, compelled to give, gave ALL (in copper coins) and slipped away, while those less generous with their wealth were lauded and applauded as they poured gold into the treasury vaults? Did they even see her?...

Remembrance and prayer…
We come to remember, our minds filled with images fresh from our TV screens, of young men, and women, fallen in battle just yesterday… . We come to remember, how could we forget for amongst their number we count friends,...

Sing….
You have left this place of tears, where even the brightest of moments pale in comparison to eternities light… . We say you are gone, but we are separated only by a transient threshold that beckons us each in turn,...

On my knees, in search of a new way...
Following on from my post yesterday, I am rather uncomfortable with the Sunday emphasis, and the thought that church is only church whilst it sings hymns and says prayers.Now I know that 95% of the congregation don't live this scenario,...

If church was like this.......
I am mulling over a statement that was made to me several times yesterday, first at the Baptism Service in the morning, and then again at a World Church Service in the evening. That statement was simply this; "if church...