Devotions

Bad things happen to good people. How could God allow Paul and Silas to be humiliated, beaten, then shackled in prison? After all, God had…

Luke 6:12-16. When Jesus had a major decision to make, he needed to spend time alone, to seek God, and to have space to Reflect,…

It makes me wonder — with a sense of shock — that any religious person could kill someone and think that by doing so they…

Today’s Daily Bread is an abridged version of this week’s Insight. I love this story — a story of the Spirit prompting and leading Paul…

A canticle is a Bible text that is recited in church worship (not including the psalms as they are nearly all recited in church worship)…

This Psalm is attributed to King David. Now, there’s a legend — and I must stress that it is a legend — that David played…

As I read this passage, it occurred to me that I’m not sure I ever consider God as having joy and being, fundamentally, joyful. I…

It is tempting to look back on the early Church through rose-tinted spectacles, but the truth is that the spread of Christianity was messy and…

We long for peace in our hearts don’t we? I know I do — that ‘inner peace’ and sense of contentment where we feel at…

Our relationship with God is exactly that — a relationship — and it’s a relationship of mutual love. From our side of the relationship, all…

Luke 6:6-11. Sometimes we’re not in a position to pray. It can be just too difficult, too painful, or too tiring, but be assured that God…

When I was a curate, a woman in the congregation approached me to ask me a question. She was quite anxious because she read in…