Reflection for the Week – 22 September 2026
God has provided a bio for us in Exodus 34, one that emphasises God’s graciousness and faithful commitment to God’s people.
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Reflection for the Week – 15 September 2026
The cause of all our ecological woes is the same as the cause of all our woes generally: common-or-garden, natural-born human selfishness
Reflection for the Week – 8 September 2026
Ezekiel’s vision was set amidst the background of exile, loss and uncertainty.
Reflection for the Week – 1 September 2026
Our encounters with creation are also moments in the presence of God.
Reflection for the Week – 25 August 2026
Jesus isn’t suggesting we should be prepared to endure some minor inconveniences, but that this path might literally cost us everything. That sounds hard.
Reflection for the Week – 18 August 2026
There is a tyrant, far greater than any mere Roman emperor, operational in our lives, and we know exactly who it is.
Reflection for the Week – 11 August 2026
Matthew was writing during a difficult period for the early church, which was wrestling with how and to what extent they should be welcoming Gentiles.
Reflection for the Week – 4 August 2026
Rather than offering quick solutions and certainty, this week’s readings suggest that faith is about learning to live meaningfully amid uncertainty.
Reflection of the Week – 28 July 2026
Acts of compassion have a habit of producing a harvest larger than the small offering from which they began.
Reflection of the Week – 21 July 2026
Of all Jesus’ teachings, the Kingdom is paramount – but is it a way of personal and social liberation now, or of judgment in the future?
Reflection of the Week – 14 July 2026
The kingdom of God is not something we have to wait for, but something we can practise.
Reflection of the Week – 7 July 2026
I see echoes of this week’s reading from Matthew in Cabo Verde's World Cup journey, which reminds us that God's kingdom often grows quietly, patiently, and unexpectedly.
Reflection of the Week – 30 June 2026
Romans 7:17 sounds a bit like Paul is absolving himself of personal responsibility ... But look more closely, and maybe something else is going on.
Reflection of the Week – 23 June 2026
The road to agape always requires first a letting go, if only for a moment, of our natural, human loves – that was the painful lesson Abraham was learning
Reflection of the Week – 16 June 2026
This is where the good news begins – not in power or control, but in being seen.
Reflection of the Week – 9 June 2026
Pentecost reminds us that the Spirit of God does not belong to a single language, culture, nation, or theology.
Reflection of the Week – 2 June 2026
The theme this year’s Reconciliation Week has been ‘All In’. Jesus would have understood the challenge.
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Reflection of the Week – 26 May 2026
The new action of the Spirit seems to be focused on one thing and one thing only.
Reflection of the Week – 19 May 2026
Into our world of noise, the story of Pentecost speaks.
Reflection of the Week – 12 May 2026
"Why do you stand looking up toward heaven?". The question is not just curiosity, but a redirection. And in that redirection is the Ascension’s challenge to us.