Ascension Reflection
A reflection on the moment when Jesus says goodbye to his friends, affirms them and promises the help of God’s Holy Spirit, by Simeon Wood and myself…
A reflection on the moment when Jesus says goodbye to his friends, affirms them and promises the help of God’s Holy Spirit, by Simeon Wood and myself…
A new telling of the Easter account. Music by Simeon Wood. This Easter (The narrative) They gather, talk, eat, squabble, the usual things. Have no idea what’s around the corner. …
I’ve posted this before, but thought it worth revisiting again as Christmas settles upon us… ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not …
It is 2003 and Katharine Gun works for British Intelligence, translating secret documents. When she comes across a memo about blackmailing small UN states to vote for the UK-US invasion …
A little parable of sorts. Two friends are about to part company for the day. – Okay, I’ll see you on Sunday then… oh hang on, no. I’m taking my …
Chapter 6. The light is fading quickly now. Simon and James stand. ‘We’re going across the lake,’ says James. ‘Anyone else coming?’ They all are, even Mary. They’ve waited long …
As the blacksmith hammers away, the metal blows raining down on the sharpening spikes, he has no idea. No idea that these callous bits of iron will one day pin …
‘God’s story from beginning to end tells of glory getting dirty and dirt getting blessed.’ So begins Pete Greig’s book Dirty Glory. I have only started reading chapter one (I …
The teenager stares at him. Speechless. Her face grubby from the day, and her nails chewed from a stressful life. She opens her mouth then clamps it shut again. Then …
That ever spreading stain, Smearing us and them. A game we play so easily, A game you refuse to join. Seeking another way, Another call. Sitting quietly while the fingers …
Lewis Morgan is a good man trying to be human in a terrible situation. After World War 2, as the allies settle in Germany and attempt to sort out the …
Another 2-minute Podcast, drawing on my book 31 Weird Places to Read Your Bible…
The second in the new series of 2-minute Podcasts, 31 Weird Places to read a Bible…
A man and a woman felt there must be more to life than the things they could see and hear and so, fascinated by the stars and what might lie …
A new series of Podcasts drawing on my book 31 Weird Places to Read Your Bible…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on giving praise…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on standing up for what is right…
‘Son of all time, now where have you been?’ ‘Touring life’s corridors – and here’s what I’ve seen…’ A sky full of nothing, chaos and birth, A handful of dust …
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on moments of epiphany…
And lo, there arose in the sky a new star, and four travellers began to follow it. They came from the east and the west and the north and the …
Another 3-minute movie moment, this one on the unlikely heroes who first visited Jesus…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on angels…
Another 3 – minute video reflection, this one on Mary, Elizabeth, Zechariah and joy
Another 3-minute video, this on the subject of power, strengths and prayer…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on having courage…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on hope and making choices…
When young tech expert Basil comes knocking on the door of ageing crook Brian the stage is set for the biggest jewel heist in history. They gather a gang of …
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on compassion and caring for others…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on friendship…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on provision and caring…
Simon stares at the space, the space where his brother should be. The gap, yawning wide. Like the chasm in his own life. Looking through to the emptiness beyond. Nothing …
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on obedience and change…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on pouring out our troubles to God…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this one on Noah…
Another 3 minute video reflection, this one on the way God chooses the unexpected…
Another 3-minute video reflection, this on creatively using our gifts to honour God…
Job 38
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part six, click here) Part Seven: The Bit with the Boat The pages of the …
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part five, click here) Part Six: The Bit with the Tiny Voice Thirty-eight soldiers came …
Another 3-minute video reflection – this one on the choice we are offered…
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part four, click here) Part Five: The Bit about the Bonfire Jed and Yolanda …
A little parable… He was sitting on a rusty oil drum tossing sharp stones into the canal when the stranger appeared. ‘Do I know you?’ he snarled gently. ‘Don’t think …
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part three, click here) Part Four: The Bit with the Beanstalk The spit-covered man …
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part two, click here) Part Three: The Bit about the Fish Jed and Yolanda …
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… (If you missed part one, click here) Part Two: The Bit with the Giant The giant had …
A little bit mad, a little bit anarchic, but hopefully unexpected and engaging… Part One: The Bit Where Fun Dust is Born The door creaked open, dust filled the air, …
On the first day God made a table and it was good. On day two God made four chairs, and these were good. On the third day God made a …
Paul lifts his pen, his fist hovers over the parchment, he can see the tension in his grip, the urgency to communicate. A single bead of sweat groups on his …
It’s the first thought that hits him each morning, when the sun strikes his eyelids and he wakes to another long lonely day. The others still lie low, in spite …