On prayer. Tipping the tables in the Temple.

Chris Haigh shares his thoughts on John 2: 13-22, on Easter eggs, commercialisation in worship and on moving from transactional prayer to a deeper relationship with God through prayer.

God’s initiative…

Adam (“The Other Revd Gompertz”!) brings his thinking to the story of how God called Abram, his promise and how Abram became Abraham.

The initiative is always from God, but will we respond to the initiative? Will we take up our cross?

Lady Wisdom…

Charlotte talks about Lady Wisdom (from Proverbs 8.1, 22-31) and the New Testament account of Creation (John 1.1-14) as well as the problem of having too many people called Dave! And Generic John too!

True Love…

John Bowen shares his thoughts on Candlemas, Malachi’s prophecy concerning the Messiah and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple as recounted by St Luke along with the numeric consequences of the generosity of true love…

Thoughts on the Epiphany

Helen talks about Epiphany without the benefit of the usual Epiphany reading! Her thoughts on John 1.1-18