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 Ezekiel was a prophet who proclaimed judgment to God’s people in the 6th century BC. He was among the group of Jews exiled in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Ezekiel received his call when he was 30 years old through a vision of the glory of God. His ministry finished 22 years later with a vision of...

‘Lust is the craving for salt by a man who is dying of thirst’ (Frederick Beucher). This month’s Deadly Sin is lust. It is usually understood as an intense desire for sexual pleasure, but can include other things eg food, success or fame. Objectifying a person for our own selfish pleasure can leave us feeling...

There are various sections that make up a Communion service.  While different denominations, and different styles of churches even within the same denomination, may do things differently, generally speaking they all include the same foundational elements. So, after the Bible readings, and then sermon, what follows next? In Common Worship (CW) we ‘immediately’ jump to...

If we need to get somewhere by public transport, we look at the route and trust the driver knows the way. By faith, we accept that he or she will get us safely to where we want to go. It was very different for Abraham. God told him to leave his homeland and begin a...

Luke 11:11-13 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give...

The Cross of Jesus From the Vicar Never Far Away Breakfast – with Jesus Christ What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Lamentations The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy Reflected Faith Series: Same Old, Same Old Noah: builder for God Peaceful mind in Eastertide ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham...

The cross is a picture of violence, yet the key to peace; a picture of suffering, yet the key to healing; a picture of death, yet the key to life; a picture of utter weakness, yet the key to power; a picture of capital punishment, yet the key to mercy and forgiveness; a picture of...

 The cross is a picture of violence, yet the key to peace; a picture of suffering, yet the key to healing; a picture of death, yet the key to life; a picture of utter weakness, yet the key to power; a picture of capital punishment, yet the key to mercy and forgiveness; a picture of...

Did you have ‘a good Lent’? Were you able to make the journey with Jesus through the turmoil of those last days of His earthly ministry as He set His face to go to Jerusalem, knowing He would be killed there? I find the Lenten journey, particularly Holy Week (the week leading up to the...

We can only imagine how the two travellers to Emmaus felt, knowing that Jesus had died. Gone were their hopes for a bright future. They thought God had let them down. They had suffered a cruel blow and were bewildered and upset. In their grief, the risen Jesus came alongside them and spoke with them...

“It is the Lord!” (John 21:7) There is something very reassuring in the simple scene by Galilee’s lake, described on that post-Easter morning. Taking place there was the birth of a mighty world-wide adventure that has not ended yet! Was there ever a breakfast like it?  They’d been fishing all night, but in vain…. until...

The Book of Lamentations consists of five laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of Judah’s leading inhabitants to Babylon. Tradition ascribes the book to Jeremiah, who witnessed Jerusalem’s destruction in 586 BC. Each lament is an acrostic i.e. each verse begins in order with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet (except...