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It’s getting closer. The theory is beginning to become only too real. The hopes and fears of a nation, indeed the whole of creation, may rest on the response of one young woman. How is she supposed to respond? How does she come to say ‘yes’? Have you been in a situation where you have been...
We’re still with John the Baptist, but this time we have the foretelling in Isaiah of the mission Jesus set out for himself. It was one of meeting with those who may have thought they had no hope seeking to heal what had been broken. This may be hard, but what are the heartbreaks you have known...
There are so many accounts in the Bible about God’s people finding themselves in wildernesses of varying kinds. Often they spend years wandering, not sure where God is leading them or how they will know when they have arrived. What they often seem to find is the wonder of God, not in their arriving, but in...
Advent is a time of waiting. Through the history of God’s people there have always been times of waiting and wondering just where God is to be found. We look at our world today, just as God’s people have always done, and can sometimes just see the chaos. Sometimes it is through that chaos that creativity can break...
Over the past few weeks you have been invited to reflect on what God might be calling us to. This is about us as individuals and also us as a church community. Where is our journey taking us? Jesus began his final journey in a blaze of excitement. Where did it take him? Think about the journeys you have made...
In his journey to Jerusalem, Jesus came to the time when all that he knew about who he was, what God was calling him to, how he related to others, would mean taking that further step which would lead him to the cross. It meant giving up everything to do what he had come to do....
It’s a bit like the challenge to leave behind the things we always knew. Sometimes God is calling us to see things differently. This was Samuel’s challenge when looking for a king and the Pharisees’ challenge in seeing what was in front of their eyes. This might take a bit of thinking about. When was the...
To all intents and purposes the lectionary reading could be just another of the stories which we hear or read week after week after week. And whatever I might say, to me or to you, it is likely to go in one ear and not long later emerge out of the other. This is just the way things are!...
The people of Israel were wandering in the wilderness in search of the place that God had promised them. The woman at the well challenged Jesus about the place where God should be worshipped. Think of the place where you would like to be right now. What is special about it? Why do you want to...
This week we meet Abram and Nicodemus, faithful people who were called to leave behind some of what they knew to create space for something they couldn’t yet imagine. Imagine you had to leave your home in a hurry. What are the things that you really couldn’t leave without? Suppose you are on holiday and your...
In our journey with God, both as individuals and as a church, we begin, along with Jesus, with questions of our identity. Think of the last TV programme or film you saw, or the last book you read. Who were the main characters? What was it that they discovered about themselves as the story unfolded? If...
A report for the Mission and Social Responsibility Committee of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone Glynne Gordon-Carter January 2014 History In preparing this paper it would be remiss of me not to refer to the History of the Atlantic Slave Trade which was carried out from 1518–1865. Western European nations were actively involved in this...
Sermon by the Revd Dr Margaret Goodall 15 September 2013 1 Timothy 1:12–17 and Luke 15:1–10 “Mum, is God a grown-up or a parent?” A friend was confused by her 5-year-old’s question. “I’m not sure what you mean,” she said, “What’s the difference between grown-up and a parent?” “Well,” the child said, “Grown-ups love you when you’re good...
Martha George Equality representative for the Church of Christ the Cornerstone Sunday 8 September 2013 Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 and Luke 14:25-33 These books address the law Much has been discussed during the latter part of August, concerning the famous speech given by Martin Luther King in the United States of America. I HAVE A DREAM. Racial...
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