Think of the most beautiful place you’ve ever been to. Now that place is part of creation. And Paul is saying that it’s made in Christ, through Christ and for Christ. And you and I part of that creation too. Which means that you and I are created in Christ, through Christ and for Christ.
Are you comfortable with the notion of being a witness to Jesus? Especially after the last nine months of the pandemic that have been so gruelling. For my part, I know that I’m meant to say, yes, let’s go for it! But in truth, I’m a little bit hesitant about it. My reaction is more like, well, that’s a jolly interesting idea, let me think about it and I’ll drop you an email some time…
So they’d shut down our primary place of worship. No longer were we able to gather and be in the presence of God. In fact, not only that, we were turfed out. Forced to live in a strange new world, one that was deeply disorientating. This is the new normal, some said.
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Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory
It’s God who graciously makes the first move and comes to us. No matter the mess we’ve made of things.
Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory
My non-Christian friends and family are not stupid. When they see me behaving like this, they rightly question the beliefs I hold.
Sung Eucharist and Matins, Christchurch Priory
‘Having faith in Jesus is what it’s all about. But it’s not something that comes easily to us— most of us, at any rate.’
Evensong, Christchurch Priory, 24th June 2007
I wish someone back then had asked me to describe the God I didn’t believe in.
Sung Eucharist, Christchurch Priory, 15th October 2006
Amos 5.7-7, 10-15; Heb 4.12-end; Mark 10.17-31
Sometimes we don’t want to hear the answers to the questions we know we’ve got to ask.
2nd Sunday Service, Parish of Christchurch, 8th October 2006
Genesis 12: 1-4a; John 20:19-29
What do we mean when we say ‘I believe’?
Evensong, Christchurch Priory
Jeremiah 22; Luke 14
In January for the Bournemouth Churches Housing Association we raised £400+. I was struck by an incongruity. This is the warmest building I know of in Christchurch. Here we have a warm building with the gates shut at night to keep those who are cold out.