Monthly Archives: April 2012

A different take perhaps The central feature of the Christian faith is our belief that God has revealed what he is like uniquely and, some including myself would say, exclusively in Jesus Christ. In short, Jesus for Christians – and … Continue reading →

I wrote this to an individual after an encounter. It is rough and ready; and offered in a spirit of grace. To a sister on my journey (reflections used with permission) I am basically an evo (an evangelical). I am … Continue reading →

I have just returned from Scotland. Just inside really. We have a cottage in a village near Annan. Annan is the place which the Scottish poet, Robert Burns called the ‘wild place’. I am not sure but it is borderland. … Continue reading →

I had a wonderful Lent, Holy Week and Easter. We did lots of good stuff together, which can be found elsewhere on this blog. One day I promise to ‘tidy the blog up’ a little. This Easter week has been … Continue reading →

Some small reflections that will be offered in Bartley Green on the Second Sunday of Easter Fully alive. 2nd of Easter

There are so many of us that it is easy to get us confused. I am normally called by my husband’s name; the wife of Clopas. I am a follower of Jesus. I am proud to be identified with him. … Continue reading →

He was a year older than me. We played together in the carpenter’s shop. Our hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe. He got to do things before I did, taken to the Temple, learning the Torah, his … Continue reading →

Keeping Holy Week is not the easiest when you suddenly find yourself surrounded by funerals. Maundy Thursday, however, forces some reflection on Jesus the Servant. The story of Jesus washing his disciples feet is central to the Last Supper in … Continue reading →

Something I have learnt during Lent I am a Yorkshireman I am male I am married I have a son I am a priest I preside at the Eucharist; and with some audacity stand in the place of Christ. I … Continue reading →

Holy Wednesday. Our title series continues with ‘Son of Man’. One of the intriguing things is that this phrase is at one and the same time the description most commonly used by Jesus to describe himself and one that disappears … Continue reading →