Reflection for the Eighth Sunday of Trinity 2021 – The Final
Come and Rest The Gospel Reading: Mark 6.30-32 “30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. “31 Then, because so many people…
Reflection in the week of the Fourth Sunday of Trinity 2021
Connecting The Gospel Reading: Mark 5.24-34 – Making a Connection 24And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him.25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from…
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Trinity 2021
Seeing with New Eyes A Different Angle on the World around Us This week, in my assembly for St. Thomas’s School, we were looking at this painting with some discussion…
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Trinity 2021
The Eyes of Love 1 Samuel 16.6 – 13. Samuel is sent to Jesse’s farm to anoint a new king “6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought,…
Reflection for the First Sunday of Trinity 2021
Killing Me Softly How does Jesus change an Angry Life? This is a brief overview of the life of John Newton who eventually became the Vicar of Olney, and wrote…
Reflection for Trinity Sunday 2021
Breaking through Rock Looking into Unknown Horizons In 1962, John Glenn was the first American astronaut to orbit the earth. He had a perspective on the earth beneath, and space…
Reflection for Pentecost 2021
Do You know how they got their Powers? This was my Pentecost assembly at St Thomas’ school in Golborne…… Could you name each superhero? Can you describe any of their…
Reflection for Ascensiontide 2021
A study for Ascensiontide – Acts 16.11-15, 40 “11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis….
Reflection for the Jewish Feast of Weeks 2021
Harvest of the Heart The Reading for the Feast of Weeks – Ruth 1.15-22 “15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2021
What’s Stopping Me? This is Karen Gibson, the leader of the Kingdom Choir, a gospel choir often seen on BBC Songs of Praise. Karen’s family arrived from Guyana in the…