Leviticus 25:8-10 The sound of the Shofar horn would have rang out on different occasions in the life of the Jewish nation. The horn is still used today at certain times to mark festivals and important occasions. As the Shofar sounded on the Day of Atonement in the Jubilee year, it marked for all people the beginning of an important …
Proclamation and preparation go hand in hand. How can you prepare for something if you have not been told about it? You have to hear an announcement or receive an invitation before you can get ready for the event. The Jubilee and Lent are no different. Both events need to be proclaimed so that people can be ready for the …
At the beginning of February I sent out a challenge to some friends of mine to take a bible story/book and create a playlist for it using between 4 and 8 tracks. The idea came from one of the Alchemy Project’s experiment and I have found it a great way of looking familiar stories in different ways. I decided on creating …
Tucked away in one of the most difficult books of the Old Testament is a chapter relating to the year of Jubilee. This event which would take place every 50 years was a time of renewal for the people of God and the land they had been promised. Fields would be rested from being worked, land would be return to …
Doing love : John 3:16, Who is your neighbour? : Luke 10:25-37 Love came down at Christmas Cold nights, twinkling lights, warm fires, the smell of pine, nativities, carols, good food, mulled wine, cards, presents, family, friends, laughter, and love. Christmas is a magical time. It’s a time when we remember that Jesus came to us; as a cute baby …
A child is born : Isaiah 9:6-7, Peacemakers : Matthew 5:9, Surpassing : Philippians 4:1-7, No More War : Isaiah 2:1-5 More Than Enough Here are two stories…. 1. I remember walking through a well-known toy shop last Christmas looking for a present for one of the boys. I saw a woman with a trolley piled high coming towards me, …
Family Tree : Matthew 1:1-17, Word and Flesh : John 1:1-14, Becoming Like Us : Philippians 2:5-11 Look who moved in John 1:14 tells us that ‘the word became flesh and dwelt among us’ or as another version puts it ‘he moved into the neighbourhood’. Jesus’ birth, that first Christmas was world-changing, unprecedented and unexpected. This moment in history where …
Mary’s Song : Luke 1:46-55, Zechariah’s Song : Luke 1:67-80, Angels and Shepherds : Luke 2:8-20, Wise Men : Matthew 2:10-12 Worship is what we do! You are doing it right now, as you read this, in fact you have been doing it all day, every day since you were born. If this doesn’t make sense let me try to …
What Advent is the season observed in the church in the weeks before Christmas and is a time of waiting, preparation and celebration. It has a dual purpose of focussing our thoughts on Jesus’ first coming which we celebrate at Christmas and on his expected return in the future. Tradition Advent has many traditions associated with it, advent candles and …
