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Monumental Service
Last Sunday, I invited our congregation to practice the spiritual discipline of daily prayer. You can read a summary of my talk in the previous post (somehow the words on the computer screen don’t have quite the life that they … Continue reading
What do you want me to do for you?
After my sermon teaser last week, perhaps I should write how I have found an answer to the question I posed? In that post, I asked what you would answer, if Jesus stood before you, and asked: “What do you … Continue reading
Back from Sabbatical!
So I am back! I had thought I might spend more time blogging, but in the end there were others things that I was doing that seemed more important. So here is a summary of the way in which I … Continue reading
Jesus stands before you…
So Jesus is standing before you, and he is asking a question: “What do you want me to do for you?” What do you reply? It seems such an innocent question. But it penetrates deeply to our core. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Community Church Edinburgh, Engaging with Scripture
Tagged Church, Jesus, prayer
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Transforming Conflict – Some reflections
Last week, in the first week of my sabbatical, I attended what I had been calling a “conflict resolution” course. On the first day, I realised I hadn’t come to a conflict resolution course at all, but a “conflict transformation” … Continue reading
Sabbatical
So, I am on Sabbatical. Since graduating from New College (Theology) at Edinburgh University in 1993, I have been working for our church. 16 years later, I get to stop for a few months, withdraw from the demands of work … Continue reading
Sermon on the Mount – Salt and Light (Part 1)
So we proceed to the next verses of the Sermon of the Mount (Mt 5:13-16): You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Community Church Edinburgh, Sermon on the Mount, Sermons
Tagged Sermon, Sermon on the Mount
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Sermon on the Mount 2
So we come to the Beatitudes in the series on the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:3-12). These have sometimes been ignored (as impossible to live up to); sometimes seen as Jesus setting the demands of Holy Living so high … Continue reading
Sermon on the Mount
Over the next year in our church, I am speaking on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Over the last few months, I have been reflecting on the famous inaugural speech from Jesus, as he seems to outline … Continue reading
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Tagged Missional, Sermon, Sermon on the Mount
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Stewarding Money – Maria’s story
In the last year, our church community has started a venture called The Money Clinic. It isn’t a debt counselling service, but rather a place for budget coaching and money education. An analogy that helped me when we setting this … Continue reading