In the 8th week of our Intelligent Lockdown, Francis applies the words of Jesus spoken to people being prepared to live in flux between ‘Old Normal’ and ‘New Normal’: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms.” Is this relevant in our ongoing Corona Crisis?
It’s the ‘Second Sunday of Easter’, sometimes referred to as ‘Low Sunday’ and we are 5 weeks into the Dutch ‘intelligent lockdown’ trying to beat a Covid-19 pandemic. Church has left the building and is happening in homes linked online through Zoom. This is a time to reconsider who we are as church in the…
After nine lessons and carols Francis brought a short message on Jesus as the true light.
On the 5th Sunday of Lent we meet Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus and friend of Jesus as Jesus came by for the last time on his way to Jerusalem and the cross. In this message Francis reviews the relationship among these people especially the opposite relational styles displayed by Mary and Martha. When…
The Bible is full of life stories, stories that tell about meeting and being impacted by God. Joe Beswick brings his life story and connects it with the story of an unnamed woman who met Jesus and was never the same again. There is no written text for this sit back and enjoy a Liverpudlian…
Do you expect God to keep feeding you yesterday’s bread?
On Pentecost Sunday we continued our May month theme of the Holy Spirit. God has always been about giving life to humanity. Pentecost marks a new season or mode of delivery. Francis maps this out and encourages all to live in the Pentecost season for what God is giving now.
Young David was a shepherd boy who wrote a Psalm about himself and God in terms of shepherds and sheep. Jesus was able to refer to this and claim fulfilment in himself as the Good Shepherd. This message points to this and then invites us to learn from David in claiming God as our shepherd…