Devotions
Daily devotionals to help you connect.
Rev Gav | Jul 7
7th July 2025
The healing stories in the gospels often leave me with a pang in my heart. The pain from bereavement and suffering resonates with our own…
Rev Gav | Jul 6
Luke 10.1–11, 16–20
This model of mission, as described in today’s passage, fostered hospitality, and valued what the community — those whom the missionaries sought to reach —…
Rev Gav | Jul 5
5th July 2025
Fasting is associated with grieving and lament. People fasted as a sign of their respect to something that had been lost (spiritually) and as an…
Rev Gav | Jul 4
4th July 2025
Do you ever wonder why people simply got up and followed Jesus? Matthew was Jewish and doing the bidding of the Roman overlords and their…
Rev Gav | Jul 3
3rd July 2025
I guess all of us are in the latter category of people who ‘have not seen and yet have come to believe’ and so that…
Rev Gav | Jul 2
2nd July 2025
Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? (Gav does his best Donkey from Shrek impersonation) Me! Pick me! Pick me!…
Rev Gav | Jun 30
30th June 2025
Woah! Jesus was being blunt to the point of offensiveness, both in his language (referring to those outside the circle of discipleship as ‘dead’) and…
Rev Gav | Jun 30
1st July 2025
Do you ever feel like you’re being swamped by the waves, like you’re gasping for breath, and going under? And worse, do you shout out…
Rev Gav | Jun 29
29th June 2025
This passage from Matthew’s gospel makes me smile. It reminds me of pupils in a classroom being asked a question by a teacher, one putting…
Rev Gav | Jun 28
28th June 2025
I led a funeral yesterday, and it wasn’t the easiest one. It was for a long-standing member of the congregation who had died at the…
Rev Gav | Jun 27
27th June 2025
God makes a conscious decision to reach out in love to creation, including us, and it might be a good idea to reflect on the…
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