A Sunday Moment
#palmleaves&freedom
The crowds spill out on
A hero-welcoming day,
The town filled for a
Festival now upstaged by
A smiling king on a colt.
The crowds want change and
So does he, but their visions
Are diff’rent, his plan
Leading to surprising loss
And unseemly surrender.
Mark 11 v 1-11
A Monday Moment
#anewwaytomeetgod
After turning the
Tables on folk yesterday,
He points to a tree
Without fruit, like a temple
System which has failed to love.
A house for meeting
God has shut its doors to those
Who most need it. So
Here’s a new place to meet God,
Made of flesh and blood and love.
Matthew 21 v 12-19, John 2 v 13-21
A Tuesday Moment
#aboveallpowers
A trap about cash:
Should they pay taxes to a
Corrupt oppressive power?
The coin he holds in his hand
Claims that Caesar is divine.
But he softly says,
‘Pay Caesar what’s his, and then
Offer God the rest.’
A subtle way of saying,
‘There’s One above earthly powers.’
Mark 12 v 13-17
A Wednesday Moment
#realheartfeltworship
They are up in arms!
What’s this woman doing here?
Wasting precious cash!
Spilling expensive perfume
In this nonsensical way.
But he knows there is
Sense in this divine madness,
Mary honouring
All he is, and all he’ll do
For all creation this week.
John 12 v 1-7
A Thursday Moment
#sustenance
How did he manage
To eat anything that night?
Knowing all that was
To unfold – betrayal and
Abandonment by his friends.
But he shares this food,
And uses it to point to
A feast that won’t end,
Bought with his blood and body:
We need food and drink and Him.
Luke 22 v 14-20
A Friday Moment 1
#morethangood
Time stands still in a
Way: this Friday will always
Be here for us, a
Place of forgiveness, a place
Where we can bring our burdens.
Three crosses up here,
The one in the centre now
Central to all time.
Casting its long shadow back
And forth through eternity.
Luke 23 v 32-43
A Friday Moment 2
#itlookssowrong
On this day, as he
now empties himself here on
this cross, he is making
way for the fullness of
God to expand within him.
So he can bring full
Life to all he meets down the
ages, knowing he
must fill a tomb with himself,
so he can break out of it.
1 Corinthians 15 v 55
A Saturday Moment
#godintheemptiness
A day for questions,
For emptiness and longing,
A day of hiding
And wondering if there’ll be
A tomorrow worth living.
His body lying
Quietly, as if he’s lost
The biggest battle,
As if all we had hoped for
Now lies broken in dust.
Luke 23 v 50-56
A Sunday Moment
#timelesstombforallofus
There are no words to
Truly sum up the telling
Of this story, this
Twist, this punchline, this feelgood
Dawn which tops all the others.
In a way it can
Perhaps only be glimpsed as
We visit that tomb
In our own time, our own way,
Seeing the Son rise for us.
John 20
A Sunday Moment
#anunexpectedencounter
Like so many of
Us, they were feeling alone,
Were unaware of
His presence with them, guiding
Them, helping, walking with them.
They’d felt abandoned,
Confused and disappointed,
Then they met him in
The moment of bread broken,
Emmanuel, God with us.
Luke 24 v 13-33
A Startling Moment
#righthererightnowwithus
God of surprises,
He was surely smiling when
He walked in through that
Locked door, no ghost but hungry
For a fresh fried fish supper.
Full of life once more,
Appearing with good news in
His hands: forgiveness,
Peace, assurance, a new start,
Always with us, on our side.
Luke 24 v 35-49, Romans 8 v 31-39
An Honest Moment
#thetruththatsetsusfree
Doubting Thomas has
Gone down in history for
His lack of faith…
And yet, surely, he was just
Being himself – Honest Tom.
Often spoke his mind,
And his desire for some proof
Led to a blessing
For you and me – ‘Blessed are those
Who believe without seeing.’
We can surely come
Like honest Tom, as we are,
With our fears and doubts,
Our hopes, moods, anguish, questions,
Offering these in our worship.
John 20 v 24-29
A Big Crowd Moment
#thefivehundred!
We don’t know their names,
Have no Instagram picture
Of the day when they
Met the king of all history,
The life-changing carpenter.
But this tale lives on,
Down the ages it comes to us,
So many of us,
Great and small, rich and poor, meet
The king and are helped and changed.
1 Corinthians 15 v 3-9, Acts v 1-5
A Forgiving Moment
#breakfastonthebeach
Peter may have claimed
He did not know him… but they
All ran away, all
Abandoned their friend. And so
Must all have felt pretty bad now.
But there’s a stranger
On the shore, waiting to cook
Breakfast for his friends,
Holding no grudge, and bringing
Forgiveness and a fresh start.
John 21 v 1-13
A Restoration Moment
#let’sstartagain
‘You know that I love you.’
You know the limits of our
Love, of our courage,
Our strength, faith and devotion,
You know the fears that grip us.
Yet you still call us
To walk with you, never give
Up on us… you slow
Down to our pace, and assure
Us that we matter to you.
John 21 v 15-19, Romans 7 v 21-8 v 1
A Heartening Moment
#Iwillnotabandonyou
Lord we thank you for
This Easter time that transcends
Religion and the
Boundaries and divides we place
On ourselves and each other.
Thank you that you know
The places of deepest loss,
Darkness and trouble,
And offer us kindness, strength
And courage in this hard world.
John 14 v 15-21
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