Good Friday – 3rd April
Today, take some time to read Matthew 26:57-27:56 and spend time at the foot of the cross.
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Thursday 2nd April – Matthew 26:47-56 ‘Twelve legions’
‘I turned round to see the voice that was speaking to me…. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand … Read more
Wednesday 1st April – Matthew 26:36-46 ‘Not as I will’
The will – it’s a strange and slightly mysterious thing, isn’t it? We first start to see it when a child is just a few months old, newly weaned – turning their nose up at one mouthful of food only to embrace another. Wills famously start to assert themselves strongly as toddlers. The battles all … Read more
Tuesday 31st March – Matthew 26:17-35 ‘All fall away’
The journey of Jesus through Holy Week is, among many things, a journey from crowds to loneliness. The great throng of Palm Sunday becomes the large crowd in the temple; then the smaller gathering at Bethany, moving on to the Last Supper with his disciples; then just Peter, James and John in Gethsemane, until finally … Read more
Monday 30th March – Matthew 26:1-16 ‘Extravagant love’
In our church, we’re blessed to be able to worship in a beautiful, inspiring building. Despite being made with wooden scaffolds, rudimentary tools and makeshift mortar, it has stood for hundreds of years, and is likely to for hundreds more. Most of us sucked in our breath and felt a sense of thrill when we … Read more
Saturday 28th March – Matthew 21:1-11 ‘Can you see him?’
Palm Sunday is tomorrow. We conclude our week with a reflection on that theme: There are lots of ways to describe Lent – but an important one is ‘journey’. It is a notable period of time – six and a half weeks – and each year we can get a real sense of that journey, … Read more
Friday 27th March – John 17:24-26 ‘To be with me’
To be with Jesus. That’s the whole ball game, isn’t it? It’s what God made us for, it’s what was disrupted by the Fall (‘where are you?’), it’s what the prophets looked forward to (‘I myself will tend my sheep’), it’s what Jesus put at the heart of his relationship with his early followers: ‘that … Read more
Thursday 26th March – John 17:20-23 ‘That the world may believe’
Many years ago I lived in a small town, which was blessed with numerous churches. In particular, there were three of the same denomination along the main street: one as you entered the town, one in the middle and one half a mile further along at the far end. It looked like effective mission had … Read more
Wednesday 25th March – John 17:11-19 ‘Not of the world’
In the world, but not of it. That brief summary – taken directly from vvv15-16 in today’s passage – is a great way to understand our lives as followers of Jesus. We do not withdraw from society – we live out our faith where we are, among the people God has brought us alongside. At … Read more
Tuesday 24th March – Psalm 97 ‘Good foundations’
Our brief pause from John continues with a second reflection from the Psalms: Some years ago we tried to buy a house in Manchester. My sister lives there and the idea was that once we’d bought it, she would have the security of long-term tenancy and (reasonably) nice landlords. However, when we had the survey … Read more