
Station One - Jesus is condemned to death - Jesus, you stand all alone before Pilate. Nobody speaks up for you. Nobody helps defend you. You devoted your entire life to helping others, listening to the smallest … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

Station One - Jesus is condemned to death - Jesus, you stand all alone before Pilate. Nobody speaks up for you. Nobody helps defend you. You devoted your entire life to helping others, listening to the smallest … [Read more...]

Lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion The traditional name for today, The Fifth Sunday of Lent, is Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of the last two weeks of Lent, traditionally called Passiontide. I … [Read more...]

You send the gospel to the ends of the earth With the continual advances in ease of use of communications technology, the world is becoming a much smaller place than it once was. And in many ways that is especially … [Read more...]

To find him in those in need When I read words such as these, "To find him in those in need", I'm always reminded of a passage from Matthew's Gospel -- read the full passage here (Matthew 25:31-45), but here are a … [Read more...]

So we wait for his coming in glory Normally, when we get to this Fourth Sunday of Advent, I'm almost buzzing with the anticipation of Christmas being less than a week away. The season of Advent has always gradually … [Read more...]

You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of your Son The Third Sunday of Advent is a day when we, traditionally, think about John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus' coming at Christmas. John the Baptist … [Read more...]

Friday Foto This is a picture of the figures on top of the Rood Screen in Godmanchester Church. I only recently realized that the Rood Screen is so named because the figure of the crucified Jesus is called the "Rood". … [Read more...]

We may be ready to receive him In last week's reflection, I talked about being prepared to meet God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This week we have a different emphasis, and we go beyond meeting, to … [Read more...]

Unearth God's riches this Bible Sunday Today, Churches up and down the land will be celebrating Bible Sunday. Many Churches will be using the tremendous resources put together by the Bible Society especially for … [Read more...]

Help us to show his love This Sunday, the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, is a very rare Sunday, so rare, in fact, that it doesn't even have its own Collects and Post-Communion Prayer. The Collect quoted below is … [Read more...]