Worship Reflections on Luke

Worship Reflections on Luke

Christmas Day 2024

Reflection Christmas Day 2024  Introduction Does Christmas with its messages of love, peace and goodwill bring out a better you or even the best in you? We know that this is less likely than maybe we would like it to be – why? Because research has been done with those most amenable to Christmas – children lllustration: Beliefs and Behaviour (14 December 2024 New Scientist) We know this from the latest research on Santa Claus. Does belief in Santa Claus encourage…

22 December 2024

Can You Hear the Angels? (Advent 4: Peace) Micah 5:2-5a 2 But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,   who are one of the little clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for me   one who is to rule in Israel,whose origin is from of old,   from ancient days. 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time   when she who is in labour has brought forth;then the rest of his kindred shall return   to the people of Israel. 4 And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,   in the…

15 December 2024

ADVENT 3 – JOY WILL FIND A WAY Eternal God,in the long ago days when the earth was flat,and heaven was above the clouds,and disease was caused by demons, We now, after the enlightenment are in bondage to different limitations. We doubt what we cannot prove; we ignore what we cannot seeand finding little room for faith,Yet we believe your Son was born to lighten ALL our darknesses. The good folk of the Iona Community and the Wild Goose Resource Group who wrote…