Week 1 – Tuesday 8 March “After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and God and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God looked upon the Israelites,…
Week 1 – Monday 8 March “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and…
Week 1: 7 March to 13 March Exodus is a great story of justice: a people oppressed, whose very life is at stake, are rescued by God’s intervention, and led through the desert to form a new community, centred on God, defined by his justice and compassion. Action for the week Try and watch or…
Noise! At a hospital appointment on Monday morning I was dismayed by the noise. There was a TV on somewhere – a sitcom with canned laughter but meaningless because the screen wasn’t visible. At the other end of the ward there was a radio playing, and then some people came in with a child and…
St. Oswald’s service of Holy Communion starts at 10.00 am. The service will be led by Canon Michael Ratcliffe. The Vicar will preach. There is a Messy Sermon Group for children during the sermon and a small play area for young children. Afterwards, there will be refreshments for those wanting to stay a while longer…
Start of Lent – Weekend “Jesus said, ‘Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, “Let me take the speck out of your eye”, while the log is in your own eye?’ “ Reading Matthew 7.1-5…
Start of Lent – Friday 4 March “They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God … The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit…
Start of Lent – Thursday 3 March “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness … ’So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Reading Genesis 1.24-31 And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures…
Start of Lent – Ash Wednesday “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” Reading Isaiah 55.1-11…
Start of Lent: 2 March to 6 March The Genesis creation accounts paint an idyllic picture of humanity all created equal, made in the image of God, in their diversity and difference, enjoying the gifts of God’s abundance. How did it all go so wrong? Action for the week This week, pray every morning that God…