“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved” Winnie the Pooh Today’s reading: 12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, …
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil,and this was my reward for all my toil. Ecc 2:10 One of my all time favourite films is John Boorman’s reworking of the Arthur legend, Excalibur. It is an old film now, 1981, so you’ll have to search hard …
Today’s Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a …
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Ecclesiastes 1:1-11Life is meaningful! Today we depart from the lectionary after more than a year and start to delve into the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. It feels a bit like going out of the frying pan and into the fire! This oft-ignored book, nestling in the middle of the Old Testament, within the section …
Friday April 9th. Today’s Reflection is from David Poulter: Pause: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever. Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love endures for ever.’ Psalm 118 : 1, 4 Readings: Acts 4 : 1 – 12; Psalm 118 : 1 – 4, 22 – …
Today’s readings: Psalm 8, Acts 3:11-end Today’s passage follows Matt’s from yesterday when he spoke of Jesus’ appearance on the Emmaus Road. Luke: 24:36…….Jesus Himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Luke 24:44-48He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: …
In this familiar and charming story two discipleshave the enormous privilege of having Jesus himself explain the scriptures and break bread with them.But the story doesn’t begin there. They are confused and dejected, walking downcast to Emmaus. They relay the events of the weekend to this traveller who joins them but does not announce himself. …
St. John’s SouthbourneDaily Reflection by Mike WilsonToday’s Readings – Acts 2:36-41. Psalm 33:4-5, 18-22. John 20:11-1811 Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, …
Acts 2:14,22-32 Psalm 16:1-2, 6-end Matthew 28:8-15 We are the Easter people! Easter Monday has no significant religious celebration. Some countries in central Europe, especially Poland call today ‘Dyngus Day’. For some reason, lost through the centuries, it is a day when boys throw water over girls, or gently beat …