An unthinkable question…
Matthew 18: 21-35
If you have forgiven me six or seven times for getting things wrong since I have been in Broadway I have a lot of credit to use up. If you have forgiven me seventy times we have a problem, but multiply that be seven and I could be on my last strike and out the door.
Dear Friends,
Today is the anniversary of one of the most inspiring speeches ever delivered and I share a dream with Martin Luther King that I pray can bring us together whatever the colour of our skin.
I have a dream that with our faith we will hew out of the mountains of despair stones of hope. It is a dream of a kingdom to come.
Dear Friends,
Matthew 16: 21-25
As children prepare to go back to school this week it occurs to me that Jesus was on the button with a prophesy for covid 2020 when he said that “whoever tries to save their life will lose it!”
We are so worried about protecting our lives that we risk losing any quality of life. We have got to get on with life and confront the things that trouble us, but I can see us like a Peter who doesn’t like the idea and resists the inevitable direction we must take.
Dear Friends,
John 14: 1-12
Some people long for the day when they wake-up to discover they are LIVING THEIR DREAM, but most of us have forgotten our dream by the time we wake up.
I talked about LIVING THE DREAM on Sunday and then in Word for Today on Monday the reflection reminded me of my dream. YOUR DREAM HOUSE was the theme and continues tomorrow. I often forget what I did yesterday and can’t remember what I must do today, but I have been waking up with a reminder of what I must do each morning. My vision is the DREAM HOUSE and my mission is how I get there.
Listen with Love
Matthew 18: 15-20
One thing I am sure we agree on is that where two or three gather in his name Jesus is among us. Jesus stands among us at the meeting of our lives and will be our sweet agreement through the meeting of our eyes…
Oh, if only, we did see eye to eye, but I’m not so confident that the two or three — 20 or 30 or 200 or 300 — do listen to the one voice among us that heals and reconciles the pain and differences or forgives what we perceive as sin.
Live the dream…
Matthew 16: 21-28
Many of us can share a dream of seeing the world turned upside down, but unless we wake up and live the dream nothing much will change. The world chose not to wake-up to Martin Luther King’s dream and America today is still in a state of racial turmoil.
Dear Friends,
When we heard the voice of the Lord asking, “Who shall I send? Who will go for us?” we knew it was an invitation to step forward and say: “Here am I! Send me!” Now we have a new response: “Here’s my computer! Send an email!”
Dear Friends,
With Church doors open again and visitors welcome into our Oasis of Prayer it was no surprise to hear the old familiar grumble: “Why does God let it happen?” Have you ever thought that if we did as God said many of those things wouldn’t happen?
Dear Friends,
There are 266 pages in a book I have recently read and for about 250 of them I wondered how anyone could survive the story that was being told, but it doesn’t need many pages to change a life! I wish the 266 pages were the story of only a few and pray that the few remaining pages could become the happy ending for many. Sadly most of the book reflects the despair of many and the end is an experience for the few, very few.
Who do YOU say Jesus is?
Matthew 16: 13-20
It doesn’t matter what other people think, what is most important is who Jesus is to you and whether you are ready to confess your faith to the world. It doesn’t matter who I say Jesus is, or who any other preacher says he is, because it’s our Father in heaven who reveals the truth, not me, or any other person.