Worship Reflections by Rev Alison Sampson (Page 3)
14 September 2025
THREE INVITATIONS INTO JOY MUC Fellowship@10, 14 September 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Luke 15:1-10ff ‘Would you like a drink?’ I asked our friend Carl. ‘No thanks,’ he said. ‘Is that an Anglo no, or a Lebanese no?’ I asked. Our friend Carl is from a Lebanese family. In Lebanon, if someone offers you a drink, it is the height of rudeness to say yes straightaway. It might be 36 degrees, you might have walked across Beirut to get there,…
7 September 2025
MY GRANDPARENTS’ BREAKFAST TABLE Alison Sampson, MUC Fellowship@10, 7 September 2025 (Psalm 1) My grandparents’ breakfast room opened off the kitchen. It had a brown sideboard, brown scratchy chairs and a brown shag pile carpet. Whenever my sister and I stayed with them, we participated in their morning ritual. First, we held hands and said grace. Then my sister and I would gobble up our breakfasts while our grandparents were still fussing around assembling theirs. Cornflakes. Sultanas. Bran. A bit…