Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 14 May 2023
I want to share a poem I wrote some years back – the vivid memory for me is Mr O’Connor calling the roll each morning in my Standard 6 class at Highfield School. I think Mr O’Connor was my best teacher. present when i was at school the teacher called the roll the child named […]
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Thought For The Week 7 May 2023
We are coming towards the end of the Easter season in the church, and enjoying a last bit of golden, autumn weather. Leaves rustling on the ground. The smell of cool earth, cut grass and wood fires. The sound of children playing in the parks. It might just be my favourite time of year. It is […]
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Thought For The Week 30 April 2023
Of Shepherds and Sheep Our lectionary Psalm this week is Psalm 23, one of the most well-known and loved pieces of scripture. Perhaps it is a favourite because it affirms God’s presence with us in every season of life. We read it when our cup overflows, we pray it when we know the peace of […]
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Thought For the Week 23 April 2023
This weekend I will be travelling to Fairlie to moderate the AGM of the Mackenzie Cooperating Parish. At times it might seem like a chore to attend another meeting (and, as Presbyterians, we are never short of meetings!). However, there is also a real privilege in sharing worship and fellowship with our brothers and sisters […]
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Thought For The Week 16 April 2023
Even though our Lent reflections series have concluded, I’ve been looking at various paintings of this week’s reading from John’s Gospel, of the story of Thomas meeting the risen Jesus. One painting that stuck out to me was Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas”, painted in 1601. In the painting (on the cover), Thomas is […]
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Thought For The Week 9 April 2023
This morning we have enjoyed our dawn Easter service, remembering and celebrating the sheer wonder and joy of Jesus’s first disciples when they encountered the Risen Lord. These disciples who, for three years, had been travelling up and down the country with Jesus, proclaiming, healing, teaching and delivering right alongside him. They had witnessed miracles and had their […]
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Thought For The Week 2 April 2023
Last week’s Lent reflection considered the event John places right before Jesus’ triumphal entry, his anointing at the house of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in Bethany (John 12:1-11). The image on the cover of the newsletter won’t do the painting of Mary washing Jesus’ feet by Lars Justinen justice. But you may still get a sense […]
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Thought For The Week 26 March 2023
I’ve been dwelling this week in the story of the raising of Lazarus from John 11. What stands out in this text is Jesus pinnacle statement; “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die…” This is often quoted at Christian funerals and is a […]
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Thought For The Week 19 March 2023
Be thou my vision As part of our weekly Lent Reflection over the last three weeks, we take a few minutes to reflect on a piece of art that depicts the gospel reading for the week. Each week is a new reflection, so please feel free to join us at 11 am on Wednesdays at […]
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Thought For The Week 12 March 2023
Welcome to our services of worship today. Today Luke, our ministry intern, will be doing his first ‘proper’ sermon with us (he shared his testimony back in January as part of the Legacy series). This will become a regular part of his life as he develops and hones the skills and practices required for pastoral […]
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