Where angels fear to tread
"... I was in prison and you came to visit me." Matthew 25.36 This is Prisons Week, when we are exhorted to remember those in custody,...
Rules, rules, rules
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13.34 "Rules are for the obedience...
National malaise
"Where there is no vision the people perish" Proverbs 29.18 Given the noisy nature of society today, with people mouthing off about...
Free for what?
"... but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." Luke 9. 58 I have just caught up with the video recording of the Sleat Church's...
... and be kind
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4. 32 Did you know that...
Get over yourself!
"God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble." James 4. 6 As bishop of Cambrai and tutor to the Duke of Burgundy, Francois de la...
Worth remembering...
"The small and the great are there..." Job 3. 19 As encouraged, I am sharing Murdo Beaton's moving account of the story behind the Tomb...
Understanding the times
"From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do..." 1 Chronicles 12. 32 Huge sighs of relief in some...
A time for silence
"But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" Matthew 5. 44 Watching the 2-minute silence at last night's...
Stressed out
"Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." Mark 6. 31 It is moving to think that, in the midst of the three years...