But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes […]
URC Daily Devotion Holy Saturday 2019
Where would we be without ‘good and righteous men’? And good and righteous women too, of course… they are the people that do the right thing, at the right time. Or, at least, try to. All too often they are that voice crying out in the wilderness. Or those inviting people on different sides of […]
URC Daily Devotion Good Friday 2019
Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, ‘We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’ Then Pilate asked him, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ He […]
URC Daily Devotion Maundy Thursday 2019
He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.’ Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, ‘Father, if you […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday in Holy Week 2019
It’s such a playground argument. Who is the greatest? But of course there’s a bigger lesson to be learned for a group of people who seemed to have learned very little. You have no idea what greatness even is! Everything you think greatness is made up of… it isn’t. Everything you think is the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday in Holy Week 2019
Of the four Gospels, Luke offers us the most serene account of the Last Supper. In contrast, the others place Jesus’ foresight of His betrayal before the meal, which gave rise to emotional upset between the Disciples and probably indigestion! In Luke, the discord follows the meal. As Christians, we have probably attended countless Communion […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday in Holy Week 2019
Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve; he went away and conferred with […]
URC Daily Devotion Palm Sunday 2019
For Holy Week and Easter we take the readings out of order from St Luke’s Gospel to fit with the season. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter […]
URC Daily Devotion 13th April 2019
A certain ruler asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; […]
URC Daily Devotion 12th April 2019
Who has heard someone say ‘children are the Church of the future’? How does it make you feel? The issue is, they are the Church of now! So often in churches we seek to keep children in their place, we view them as projects to be managed and minds to be shaped until they come […]