Category Archives: Jesus

King For A Day?

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

On Father’s day my family presented me with this mug which on one side says: ‘TO THE BEST DAD EVER HAPPY FATHERS DAY’ On the other side it says ‘KING FOR A DAY’ I was drinking out of this very … Continue reading →

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Shall we be Friends?

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

Bill had always found it difficult to make friends, especially at school. He didn’t feel very clever and he wasn’t even good at sport, he felt like a nobody and it seemed like everyone treated him that way. Life had … Continue reading →

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Are we Living like Easter Saturday Believers in an Easter Sunday World?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Cleopas and his friend trudged along the road towards Emmaus trying to process what had happened. They had been so sure that Jesus was the Messiah but now he was dead. If Jesus was the Messiah, he appeared to be a … Continue reading →

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They hoped they could move the Stone but what they Found was so much Greater!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

A few days after his death, Mary and her friends went to Jesus’ tomb to embalm his body. As they got closer they began to wonder how they would move the large stone that was blocking the entrance. We can only … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget in the Dark what you have seen in the Light

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

It had been less than 24 hours since they had watched their friend, mentor and lord die in agony and the disciples couldn’t believe that Jesus had failed! The agonizing and humiliating death of Jesus filled and consumed their thoughts leaving … Continue reading →

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Jesus died to make it possible for Enemies of God to become his Friends

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

I was reading the part of the Easter story where Peter cuts off the ear of the High Priest’s slave. Usually this is a part of the account that gets missed out but as I thought about it, I began to … Continue reading →

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Is Jesus more like a Lion or a Lamb?

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

As I drove along I was reflecting on how I had been called an angry and aggressive person. Although I felt frustrated about what had happened, I wasn’t angry (perhaps that’s not who I am after all?) I was praying … Continue reading →

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Good Evening Holy Trinity

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

I was sat at the concert, minding my own business when unexpectedly I heard: ‘Good evening Holy Trinity!’ It turned out that the person speaking was announcing that pupils from Holy Trinity school were there but their announcement caught me … Continue reading →

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Lent Reflection 2: What do we need in life?

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

When Jesus said that ‘people do not live by bread alone’, was he reminding us that there is more to life than just surviving? When he said this, he had been fasting for 40 days and 40 nights and the … Continue reading →

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The Moth that Wouldn’t Leave

Posted on September 3, 2016 by

I spent several minutes last night trying to get a moth out of a window. It was fairly easy to capture it in a cup, but then every time that I shook the cup outside of the window, the moth … Continue reading →

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