Monday 21 March 2022 St Luke 18: 1-8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to […]
Ukraine through the eyes of Psalm 94
Ukraine through the eyes of Psalm 94 Dear Friends, Whilst preparing a reflection on Psalm 94 I was struck by how John Bell’s version is hauntingly evocative of the situation of Ukraine.You can hear it here. The opening stanza evokes images of women and children being bombed in Ukraine, babies and elderly killed, and the […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 19 March 2022
St Luke 17: 20 – 37Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!” For, in fact, the kingdom of God is […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 18 March 2022
St Luke 17: 11 – 19On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves to […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 17 March 2022
St Luke 17: 1 – 10Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come! It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 16 March 2022
St Luke 16: 19 – 31‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 15 March 2022
St Luke 16: 1-18Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 14th March 2022
St Luke 15: 11- 32 Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 13th March 2022 – The Revd. Elizabeth Gray-King
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for The Second Sunday of Lent13th March 2022photo credit Erda Estremere / unsplash The Rev’d Elizabeth Gray King Introduction Welcome to worship from the United Reformed Church. I’m Elizabeth Gray-King, URC Minister, project manager and visual theologian. With the Education & Learning team, I support the continuing professional development […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 12th March 2022
St Luke 15: 1 – 10 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of […]