Author: sean

When the cheering stopped There was a time when the streets were loud with praise. On Palm Sunday, the crowd gathered, waving branches, laying down cloaks, shouting for Jesus Christ as He entered the city. It was celebration. It was recognition. It was hope bursting into the open. For a moment, everything felt right. But […]

Psalm 23 is one that has been floating around in my mind of late. To be honest, I didn’t even need to look it up in my Bible. The words are ones that I know off by heart. In my working life, I have conducted more funerals than you can imagine (unless, dear reader, you […]

Image by Bernd Hildebrandt from Pixabay I am not sure who said “Sin is a teacher.”  But, I found myself reflecting on this phrase as I took some time with my Bible this morning. The passage was the story of a woman caught in adultery (John 8 vs. 1 – 11).  She is dragged naked […]

Image by mickleness from Pixabay A thought hit me this morning – unusual, I know but it does happen occasionally.  My daily reading took me into the early part of the story of Joseph.  There was one line that really got me thinking; His brothers were jealous of him (Genesis 37 vs. 11) It was […]

Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay In my quiet time today, I read the story of Jesus healing (on the Sabbath) a man with a withered hand.  If you want to read the passage for yourself, it is in Mark chapter 3 vs. 1 – 6.  The words that really struck me were said by Jesus […]

I often find that New Year is a good time to look back and reflect on the year that is past. So, how was 2025 for you?  If your year was anything like mine, there were the good things as well as the not so good. In all honesty, I expect that 2026 will be […]

There is a quotation from CS Lewis’ work The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe which describes Narnia after it has been cursed by the Witch, Jardis. Mr Tumnus says; Always winter but never Christmas I think the opposite is true today. It always seems to be Christmas but, never Winter. Just for the record, […]

It’s been an interesting few days. I have been at the EBA Minister’s Conference, which is always a joy (for the record, I am not being sarcastic).  It was wonderful catching up with old friends and, making some new ones along the way. The content was great. There was a good balance between the input […]

Shadows are following me around, at the moment.  No, I have not lost the plot!  Shadows have been appearing in my readings of late. Let me explain. Yesterday, I conducted a memorial / celebration of life service for one of our Church members. The reading at the service was from the 23rd Psalm and I […]

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Oscar Wilde, in his play Lady Windermere’s Fan, writes; I can resist anything except temptation (Oscar Wilde) It is the season of Lent.  Some people use this season to give things up for a period of 40 days.  They do this as a symbolic act to remember the 40 […]