Devotions

In some ways, this week’s Insight (a reflection on Palm Sunday) echoes what Paul is writing about here. Who could possibly imagine that sacrificial love…

Luke 36-38. It is all about relationship.

The writer of Psalm 36 has filled the psalm with metaphors and similes for the characteristics of God, all drawn from creation: God’s righteousness standing…

Although this Psalm is from another time and another place, it might help to read it using your imagination. Imagine being part of a great…

This Psalm is called a ‘Psalm of Ascents’ and was sung or read by those on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, it has therefore been adopted as…

One thing I love about some of the psalms is how they can be appropriated into any situation, giving us a voice to our deepest…

Here’s an interesting thing. The Greek word ‘haplous’ interpreted as ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’, when speaking of the eyes, means not just physical health but also…

This passage from the John’s gospel is often read at funerals. It starts with Jesus speaking the opening line, “Do not let your hearts be…

Okay, so this is a weird story (at least to my ears) yet, there is something very familiar going on here! Leadership is no easy…

Luke 5:33-36. Some Christians do not think we need to fast today, yet other Christians find fasting a helpful spiritual tool to enable them to…

Whenever I read this passage I wonder why Jesus was bent over and what he was writing with his finger on the ground. Knowing John’s…

If I’m honest I sometimes find Paul’s writing, in places, to be a little bit tangly but I absolutely love this passage from his letter…