Genesis 11: 1 – 9 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 8th October 2024
Genesis 1: 26 – 27 Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 7th October 2024
Monday 7 October 2024 Reflections on Difficult Times 1 – Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear I John 4: 16b – 21 God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of […]
Sunday Worship 6 October 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome Hello and welcome to worship. My name is Andy Braunston, and I am the URC’s Minister for Digital Worship. Today we mark both the end of the Season of Creation and St Francis of Assisi whose feast day fell on Friday through Jesus’ question “do […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 5th October 2024
Mark 10.45 The Son of Man came not to be serve but to serve… Philippians 2:5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus… Reflection Bonhoeffer did a great deal of writing during his two years in prison, much of it published as ‘Letters and Papers from Prison’. It includes […]
URC Daily Devotion 4 October 2024
4 October 2024 Bonhoeffer 5 The Imitation of Christ Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your minds… Galatians 4:19 My little children for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you… Reflection Christian discipleship is sometimes spoken of in terms […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 October 2024
Bonhoeffer 4 Wisdom James 3:13-17 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from […]
Daily Devotion 2 October 2024
James 3:5b,6, 7-10 How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire…every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With […]
URC Daily Devotion 1 October 2024
Tuesday, 1 October 2024Bonhoeffer 2 – Gratitude 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-17 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ for you. Reflection From 1935-37 Bonhoeffer led an illegal seminary, training pastors of the Confessing Church, which opposed Hitler. His short book entitled ‘Life Together’ […]
Monday 30th September 2024 Reverend John Matthews
St Mark 8:31-38 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke […]