Category: Reflections

By Rt. Revd. David Oakley Bishop of Northampton [Please note that the following is transcribed from the above recording and hasn’t been fully checked for accuracy.] He was in the world and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own and his own...

By Revd Canon Helen Cameron, Chair of Northampton District of the Methodist Church One of the joys of my role as Chair of a Methodist District that includes Milton Keynes but also includes Loughborough, Leicester and the Chilterns is the infinite variety of my work. I can be in the centre of Milton Keynes at Christ...

By Revd Geoffrey Clarke, Moderator of the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church Seeing through the eyes of the creator All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. John 1: 3a (Thank you for the invitation to offer a reflection for Living Stones. I am delighted...

By Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham It’s good to be in Cornerstone. This is Advent Sunday, the beginning of a new Christian year, and this year of all years, it’s time for a reboot, not a bailout. Time to reset. In the world’s best-loved movie, Julie Andrews said, we start at the beginning,...

The kingdom of heaven is the most important concept in the preaching of Jesus. It’s one of the most important concepts in the Gospel. And we find Jesus preaching about the kingdom right at the beginning of his ministry, as Matthew records it back in chapter 4. And we find that having heard that John has...

By Revd David Moore Psalm 123 A Prayer for Mercy 1 Lord, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule. 2 As a servant depends on his master a maid depends on her mistress, so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God, until you have mercy upon us. 3 Be merciful to us,...

By Revd Paul Le Sueur It is 1950 and a twelve-year old boy is standing with others in his school quadrangle on a cold and bleak November morning. It is 11.00 am in the morning and high up on the school tower a bugler is playing The Last Post. A solemn silence falls and for two minutes...

  By Revd George Mwaura Matthew 5: 1–12 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of all your saints past and present be acceptable before your throne of divine mercy. Amen A few years ago, a group of Christians from the United States visited war-torn Nicaragua. While there, a young man from the church...

By Revd George Mwaura Nehemiah 8: 1–12; Matthew 24: 30–35 Gracious God, may the words of my mouth and the meditation of all your children gathered here this morning be acceptable in thy sight, in Jesus’ name. Amen Recently, our world has been so severely disrupted that it has left many of us confused and dislocated....

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 96 and Matthew 22: 15–22 Kingdom currency Lord may I speak in the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of your name and may our collective meditation be acceptable in thy sight. Amen A young lady was sunbathing on the beach in Cornwall when a little boy in his...

By Revd George Mwaura Isaiah 25:1–9 and Matthew 22:1–14 An invitation that demands our response Living God, we thank you for sending us your word with power over the years making this church a green pasture where the souls are nourished and healed in Jesus’ name. Amen In less than two months’ time, we will enter...

Opportunism or Opportunity? Isaiah 5: 1–7 and Mathew 21: 33–46 Lord we thank you for the gifts of creation. As we listen to your word, open the ears of our hearts so that we may hear and learn that faithful servanthood in the vineyard which is this world. Amen A few years ago, I watched a...

By Revd George Mwaura Living God, we thank you for the gift of your word. As we reflect on it, speak to us by the power of your Holy Spirit and open the ears of our hearts to hear, understand and respond to the teachings in Jesus name. Amen Young Kevin of ‘Home Alone’, played by...

By Revd George Mwaura Jonah 3: 10 – 4: 11 & Matthew 20: 1–16 Nothing but the Grace! A church minister died and went to heaven and St Peter met him at the Pearly Gates. ‘Here’s how it works,’ St Peter said, ‘You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the...

By Revd George Mwaura I am making all things New Isaiah 43: 19a God of time and space, we thank you for gathering us here after such a long time. As we fellowship together and wrestle with your word, speak to us words of consolation, affirmation and love in Jesus’ name. Amen This morning, we could...