God’s Light on our Challenges
When we need to hear from God, we come to his word seeking something from him to speak into our need.
When we need to hear from God, we come to his word seeking something from him to speak into our need.
Sometimes we need to come to God’s word with questions on our heart and mind
When you read God’s word, what does it do to you, where do you go with it?
Easter seems to be the Triumph of Life over Death. But really it is the offer of a Tomb that leads to Life.
Our Gospel and Epistle readings, his morning, challenge us in our love for Christ and our spiritual complacency. They make us look at Easter and the days that follow in ways that carry Lent forward in our pilgrimage with Christ.
Today is the Fourth Sunday in Lent, traditionally celebrated as Mothering Sunday. It’s also a special day for other reasons, but I will come to that in a moment.
All our readings today carry a clear and challenging message. They can seem hard and judgmental; but they are meant to be loving. When someone is sleepwalking into danger, a soft call is highly inappropriate.
God’s word this morning speaks about the Church and its very honest about what it can be like. So it made me think; do we know who we are if we are involved with Church, and why do we come?
Lent offers a time for reflection. It’s not about what you do, first of all, whether that is abstaining or engaging. All our doing flows from our Being; and in its turn shapes our being. So, Lent offers us a time to reflect: