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Forgiveness 2: Seventy seven

Forgiveness 2: Seventy seven

Not seven times or seventy seven or even seventy times seven but countless times during our lifetimes. We are continually being set free.

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Forgiveness 1: The Repair Shop

Forgiveness 1: The Repair Shop

The forgiven, restored and repaired. Perhaps, just as in The Repair Shop, we might find that each one of us gets transformed in the process.

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Crumbs of comfort 2

Crumbs of comfort 2

One commentator describes it as: “Jesus with his compassion down”. Another: “Beware the dog”. Perhaps we call it: “Small crumbs of comfort”.

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The sound of silence

The sound of silence

Elijah might well have sung along to “hello darkness my old friend” but unlike Simon & Garfunkel’s silence, God’s silence is a place where people are able to love each other.

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The blessings of Psalm 67

The blessings of Psalm 67

May the same be true for us and Psalm 67. May this Song of God’s Blessing come back and meet us to heal us when we need it most.

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The scandal of the wheat and the weeds

The scandal of the wheat and the weeds

I wonder what would have happened if my wife had seen the field with the wheat and the weeds. I suspect she would have pulled the lot up – and then not told the landowner to see how long it was before he noticed.

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Isaiah and Peppa Pig

Isaiah and Peppa Pig

No less an authority than the teacher in Peppa Pig once said that poetry was “a magical way of using words that puts a picture in your mind”

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A yoke misunderstood?

A yoke misunderstood?

‘I’m just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood’. Do we misunderstand when Jesus talks about a yoke?

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On being a disciple

On being a disciple

Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.

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Newness from grief

Newness from grief

Out of whatever pain and grief that we may be in right now, may we too know newness of life. To both grieve a loss and celebrate a life.

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Harassed and helpless

Harassed and helpless

Are you harassed and helpless? Do you just look that way but inside everything is calm and peaceful! Would you walk alongside those who are?

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Goodbye and grow (up)

Goodbye and grow (up)

Most of you will know by now that we suddenly lost our son, Stuart, last week. We still expect him…

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We stand on common ground

We stand on common ground

We need to think about which words to use. What areas of common ground are there which are consistent with our message but understood by all?

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Forgiveness

Forgiveness

It says that Stephen fell asleep. For the theologian, Soren Kierkegaard, he falls asleep because he died praying forgiveness for his enemies.

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Hearing the voice of the shepherd

Hearing the voice of the shepherd

Jesus calling himself the Good Shepherd was a huge claim. It built on all number of passages in Scripture. But Jesus has other flocks too…

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