Devotions under the stars

Look to the night sky. What do you see there? Stars and moon, heavenly bodies so distant and yet so near.  Notice the dark space around the…

God on the road with Dixie

My friends all round meAre treading their roadsBy cracking their pacesOr shedding some load,But I, I could never followNo I, I could never follow Maybe someday,…

The Mind of God and Me

We don’t need reminding of the local and global tensions that are spawned by fanatical devotees of the particular deity that they insist is right. In…

Faith and the Social Responsibility of Business

Corporate social and environmental responsibility has become a major contemporary focus of business, government and community attention globally. With this increased attention and activity have come…

Progress and Sustainability

1. Balance – sustainability and The implication of the title is that they are opposites; they compete with each other. Can’t have them both – it’s either/or…

Jesus Whispers

His story we had heard So many times, And yet not listened. No such thing As a free lunch, We’d come to believe, Like all the…

Get On Board

This is a sermon that was preached by Rev Jennifer Hughes on Pentecost Sunday, 15th May 2016 Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-21 Recently, I was part of…

Dinner Table Communion

A community of kindred spirits Gathered in warm exchange. Sharing fellowship And a sense of mutual reflection. ‘How do you feel?’ he asks. In polite euphemisms,…

Kairos Moment

Only now, In the stillness of reflection. Only now, In life’s wilderness, Does Your voice Like softly falling rain, Slowly seep into consciousness. Filling the heart’s…

Treadmilling

Across the business of the working day You call. And we stay our course, Incessantly tapping Keyboards full of crucial trivia That fall to earth as…

Makarrata