7th March 2025
We acknowledge that there are shadows of Jesus throughout the Old Testament. He is seen through kings, a shepherd, prophets, priests, a warrior, a leader, a provider, a protector, a sacrifice, and a...
6th March 2025
It was a day like any other for the Samaritan woman who had come to Jacob’s well to collect some water, but it soon turned into a day unlike any other. It was strange enough that as she went about...
20th February 2025
Malachi shares with us the essence of conversations between God and the people he had brought out of captivity; the people who had rejoiced at the rebuilding of the temple; the people who, in a short...
7th February 2025
Joseph, the husband of Mary, was a carpenter, a builder of things (Matthew 13:55-56). He shaped, fashioned and finished wood – and other materials – so they fitted together. Mary’s first-born...
10th January 2025
From the peace and beauty of the Garden of Eden, through the Tabernacle in the wilderness, to the various iterations of the Temple, God has always sought and created a place where he dwells with his...
16th December 2024
The word ‘Advent’ comes from the Latin adventus which means ‘arrival’ or ‘coming’1 and is closely related to the Latin word adventūra from which we get the English word ‘adventure’.2...
9th December 2024
During Advent it’s good to ask ourselves, ‘How am I waiting?’ One of the universal experiences common to human beings is that of waiting. Students take exams and then must wait for the results....
5th December 2024
The Header scripture quotation from Zephaniah pictures the Lord’s love being expressed in the same way that any loving parent among us would be with their young child. We would rejoice in them,...
2nd December 2024
The word ‘advent’ means ‘arrival’, and in Christian communities around the world, it is a season of remembering and celebrating Jesus’s arrival on earth, and the anticipation of his...
28th November 2024
Has God given you an understanding of what he wants for your life? If not, it would be good to pray for insight into his desire for you. If God has given you a vision for your life it would also be...
25th November 2024
It is as though Habakkuk and Christ were, at separate times, reading from the same script. Habakkuk cries out to God, at the beginning of his book, ‘How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do...
21st November 2024
Isaiah wrote these words after an encounter with God, seeing ‘…him high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.’ (Isaiah 6:1). The setting was so...
14th November 2024
Waiting on God when he hasn’t yet answered our prayers is one of the hardest places to be. Our prayers often start out being bold and expectant but as time rolls on, and we find ourselves still...
11th November 2024
We are back in Nineveh, the chief city of Assyria. They had been warned once, by Jonah, and had avoided destruction because they repented. Nahum’s graphic prophecies, about 140 years later,...
7th November 2024
What do you say to someone who has lost a loved one? Often, I am lost for words, and sometimes there are no words that are adequate in this situation. We can’t resolve the grief a person is feeling,...
4th November 2024
You don’t need to search far for references to Jesus in Micah’s prophecies. They are there in plain sight, from the prediction of his birth over 700 years before the event (Micah 5:2), ...
30th October 2024
Sometimes it can be a real struggle to find the energy to pray, especially when we have a busy period at work; we are rushed off our feet looking after our children, or we are consumed with grief,...
28th October 2024
In this scripture, Jesus himself draws a parallel between his own story and that of the prophet Jonah. On a sinking ship, Jonah declares to terrified sailors, “…I worship the...
24th October 2024
Have you ever pleaded with God in prayer for something and the answer was not what you hoped for? Maybe you prayed that God would bless you with a particular job and you didn’t even get an...
21st October 2024
It feels like a confession when I admit that I always read the end of any book first. I like to know where it’s going – and then I can assess the path it takes to get there. The entire Bible, read...