Eight months into 2020 and two more grandchildren have joined the family. I’m fascinated and overawed with the wonder of new babies! I love the way they are all curled up then begin to unfurl arms and legs, stretching as far as they can, no longer womb-restricted. The world is there to be explored! IContinue reading “47. Jesus’ body – God’s gift to the world”
Category Archives: The risen Jesus
44. Puzzling over the death of my parents
This week is the anniversary of my parents’ death – 20 years ago my father, 9 years my mother. This week for the first time I have not only thought about them, but been seriously puzzled. My dad had a stroke in 1994. After intensive physiotherapy he returned home with some limitations, but actively mobile.Continue reading “44. Puzzling over the death of my parents”
43. Dress to impress
I’ve been invited to a wedding, with the required Lockdown restrictions on numbers and activities. With such limited numbers, I feel especially honoured to be invited. I am so looking forward to it. The dress code on the invitation is ‘Dress to impress!’ I know the bride will look radiantly beautiful, whatever she is wearing.Continue reading “43. Dress to impress”
40. Meet Thomas, my new hero!
During Lockdown, I discovered any number of podcasts and lectures on the internet. Many were fascinating. I am especially grateful to a friend who invited me to join her for ‘members-only’ lectures from curators at the National Gallery in London. I’m looking forward to seeing the originals now I am better informed. In one podcast*Continue reading “40. Meet Thomas, my new hero!”
37. Coronavirus means no live sport
I originally wrote this post in October 2019. I’m posting it now because during the Lockdown there’s no live sport and on television it’s just match replays. This post is a tribute to everyone who is just about surviving in the absence. It will return. Maybe this year’s football season will be completed! Yesterday IContinue reading “37. Coronavirus means no live sport”
36. Living in the light of Eternity
Some months ago I attended a day conference entitled ‘Living in the light of eternity’. It was a wonderful day, with expansive worship, over a thousand people present, mainly aged under 45. The day was buzzing. I was glad to be there. But I was also disappointed. I found it hard to decipher why. TheContinue reading “36. Living in the light of Eternity”
34. Lock-down and resurrection
Unsurprisingly, this Easter many Christians have compared the story of our Coronavirus lock-down with the story of the locked room where Jesus’ disciples met after his resurrection. Fear for life, fear of the unknown and the need for a barrier to keep danger at bay are common to both stories. Differences between these lock-down storiesContinue reading “34. Lock-down and resurrection”
32. The start of eternal life?
My grandpa died when I was eleven. I loved him because he treated me seriously. He was a great conversationalist. When he came to stay, he played endless games of snooker with us. He did jobs for my parents they never had time for, like reupholstering worn out chairs. My mum loved him. They hadContinue reading “32. The start of eternal life?”
31. Did Jesus’ resurrection body breathe?
We sang a popular song in church last Sunday, called ‘Living Hope’ written by Phil Wickham. It reached Number 10 in the US Hot Christian Songs chart in 2018. He wrote it because “God has rescued us from a place from which we could never have rescued ourselves.” It reflects the depth of God’s loveContinue reading “31. Did Jesus’ resurrection body breathe?”
30. Holy Saturday 2020
When I run Easter workshops in primary schools, we wrap ‘Jesus’ broken body’ in a length of net curtaining and lay it in a ‘tomb’. Jesus’ friends had all disappeared to their homes. How would they be feeling? I give the children three possible choices. They are overwhelmed with grief that their best friend andContinue reading “30. Holy Saturday 2020”
Sudden death... then what? 