Tag: Love

On Monday, the house was filled with fragrance. Yesterday, the seed fell into the earth. Tonight, it is night. John…

How will we be the ongoing visible presence of God, here, in this time and in this place? How do wE become both guest and host?

In Luke, God confirms the relationship with his Son. In Isaiah, God confirms the relationship with his people. Jesus is called ‘beloved’ by his Father. In Isaiah, God says to his people: ‘You are precious in my sight, and I love you. Do not fear I am with you’.

‘I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?’ In our Gospel from John we have the commandment to love each other.

Jesus was an agitator, not a pacifier. He started fires to bring justice for all. God’s love causes division because it makes people uncomfortable.

How different would things have been if the church had taken the towel and the bowl from the foot washing as its sign rather than the cross?

As I read and re-read today’s verses from John’s gospel, I found a song growing in my mind. A song which grew louder and stronger: Stuart Townend’s ‘How deep the Father’s love for us, how vast beyond all measure’.                   

A picture of wisdom was drawn by comedian, Milton Jones, comparing it to cutlery. He said wisdom is not like that special set of knives and forks you keep for certain occasions, locked away in a velvet-lined box – all pristine and shiny. Rather wisdom is like a Swiss Army knife, worn and pitted, used and useful, honed and sharpened.