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Day 9: Saturday 9th December – Matthew 1:22-25  ‘He did as commanded’

7th December 2023 by asadmin

It’s always a lovely surprise when you hear about people with unexpected gifts.  Friends you thought you knew suddenly appear in a different light, as they manifest some striking creative ability, or describe an unusual hobby.  People never fail to surprise you! I often feel the same way about Joseph, as he is described in … Read more

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Day 8: Friday 8th December – Matthew 1:18-21 ‘This is how…’

7th December 2023 by asadmin

Today we flip from Luke back to Matthew, to allow us to cover the story in broadly chronological order.  Mary is now pregnant, so it’s time for Joseph to enter the picture.  Like Elizabeth, Joseph is another of the great unsung heroes of the text – he is usually pictured as being a frail old … Read more

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Day 7: Thursday 7th December – Luke 1:34-38  ‘No word ever fails’

6th December 2023 by asadmin

‘How will this be?’  It’s not a bad question to ask, is it?  You’ve just received some of the most extraordinary – and shocking – news anyone could imagine.  Perhaps as you’ve read today’s passage, you found yourself remembering such a time in your own life, when you received news it was hard to take … Read more

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Day 6: Wednesday 6th December – Luke 1:26-33  ‘What’s in a name?’

5th December 2023 by asadmin

Names matter.  They certainly matter in the bible.  A name wasn’t just a parental preference, it was meant to signify something.  We can learn a lot from names.  Take Gabriel, for example.  It means ‘God is my strength’ – a perfect name for an angel.  Mighty as Gabriel was, he knew where his true strength … Read more

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Day 5: Tuesday 5th December – Luke 1:18-25  ‘He has shown his favour’

4th December 2023 by asadmin

Poor old Zechariah.  It’s easy to give him a roasting.  All those years waiting hopefully and serving faithfully, and when his big moment comes… But I wonder if Zechariah is not somewhat more like us than we care to admit.   One of the great pointers to the truthfulness of the bible is that the characters … Read more

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Day 4: Monday 4th December – Luke 1:5-17  ‘Your prayer has been heard’

3rd December 2023 by asadmin

Most modern tellings of the nativity story begin with the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary.  But that’s not quite the beginning of the story – not even in Luke’s gospel itself.  Six months before that historic encounter, Gabriel has another divine errand, to an old priest performing his duties at the temple in Jerusalem. Zechariah … Read more

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Day 3: Sunday 3rd December – Matthew 1:1-17  ‘The divine promise-keeper’

2nd December 2023 by asadmin

Admit it – you skipped a few lines of today’s reading, didn’t you?  Most people do.  In fact, if I was able to secretly watch your reading time, I might find it was more than a few lines! The bible is full of genealogies.  Long lists of who begat who, to use the old language … Read more

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Day 2: Saturday 2nd December – Micah 5:2-5a  ‘A surprising Shepherd?’

30th November 2023 by asadmin

The Advent story is full of surprises.  In many ways we’re so familiar with it, that often those surprises pass us by.  We think of shepherds and angels and wise men and it all seems so… normal.  Which is odd, when you think about it! Today’s passage from the prophet Micah likewise has its share … Read more

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Day 1: Friday 1st December – Isaiah 7:14  ‘God with us’

30th November 2023 by asadmin

God with us.  That’s really the whole ball game, isn’t it?  Over the next 24 days, as we prepare ourselves in this season of Advent, we’ll tell the ageless story afresh, and we’ll marvel again at the wonder of it all: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, the journey to Bethlehem, a young carpenter … Read more

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Thursday 30th November – Genesis 49:8-12 ‘The Lion of Judah’

29th November 2023 by asadmin

‘When Herod had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.  “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied.’ When we read this text from Matthew’s gospel (as we will later in our Advent series, and no doubt once or twice at other … Read more

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Daily Inspiration

  • Thursday 28th March – Mark 14:43-72 ‘Witness statements’
  • Wednesday 27th March – Mark 14:32-42  ‘Not what I will’
  • Tuesday 26th March – Mark 14:12-31  ‘All fall away’
  • Monday 25th March – Mark 14:1-11  ‘Extravagant love’
  • Saturday 23rd March – Luke 7:36-50 ‘Forgiven much’
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