Worship Reflections by Chris Mitchell
13 August 2023
…these are the days of miracle and wonder… For the last couple of weeks, a song from my youth has been playing in my head. You might know it too. These are the days of miracle and wonderThis is the long distance callThe way the camera follows us in slo-moThe way we look to us all, oh yeahThe way we look to a distant constellationThat’s dying in a corner of the skythese are the days of miracle and wonderAnd don’t…
14 July 2023
I acknowledge that it may be dangerous to preach on a parable which is so well-known. But let’s try to hear something in this well-known, well-worn story that we haven’t heard before. CONTEXT The parable of the sower and the seed is the first of seven parables in Matthew 13 concerning the kingdom of God. Matthew uses and expands on Mark’s parable chapter (to compare the two versions of this parable read Mark 4:3-8). The parables in the two gospels…
16 April 2023
…and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews… The disciples were afraid that those who had killed Jesus were possibly on a campaign to find, arrest and execute Jesus’ followers. So they locked themselves away. In the midst of this fear, Jesus comes and says, Peace be with you. Clearly the disciples were afraid. But it is also probable they were angry, angry because Jesus was dead. Jesus’ greeting is…