Month: August 2020

I admit it. I am a creature of habit. I have my way of doing things and I tend to stick with what I know. None of my habits are harmful.  A bit odd, yes.  Harmful, no. Just the other day, one of my habits made me think about something that is really important to […]

There is a passage in the New Testament that, if I am brutally honest, I do not like. The story concerns a Canaanite woman who has a problem with her daughter (Matthew 15 vs. 21 – 28).  Jesus seems to ignore the woman’s plight, seems to dismiss her and then refers to her in a […]

What do you really desire?  In the words of the Spice Girls (yes, you did read that correctly); Tell me what you want What you really really want  It is a question I was thinking about today, as I looked at a story in Matthew’s Gospel about a rich young man.  Matthew tells how a […]

I believe in miracles but, I also believe in ordinaries too. I suppose, what brought this thought on was the reading for my current sermon series.  The particular passage was about Peter walking on water.  If you want to read it for yourself, you can find it in Matthew 14 vs. 22 – 33. It’s […]

The other day, I was out enjoying the fresh air when somebody waved to me.  Instinctively, and because I am quite polite, I waved back.  Who was I waving to?  I had not got a clue! When they approached, we engaged in conversation, I discovered it was somebody I had known reasonably well for a […]