Frank Sinatra is one of the 20th Century’s most celebrated artists. Famously, Sinatra popularised the song “My Way” in 1969 which became an anthem for individualism in Western culture: I’ve lived a life that’s fullI’ve traveled each and every highwayAnd more, much more than thisI did it my way This is a song for the […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th April 2019
One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?’ He answered them, ‘I will also ask […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th April 2019
1 O LORD, the God of vengeance,O righteous God, shine forth!2 Arise, condemn the haughty,O Judge of all the earth. 3 How long will evildoers,O LORD, be jubilant?4 They pour out wicked boasting;their words are arrogant. 5 O LORD, they crush your people,oppress your heritage;6 The widow, stranger, orphanthey murder in their rage. 7 They […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Saturday 2019
As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. So he said, ‘A nobleman went to a distant country to get royal power for himself and then return. He summoned ten of his […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Friday 2019
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree to […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Thursday 2019
Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon. After they have […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Wednesday 2019
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God. Reflection What a […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Tuesday 2019
While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, ‘Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Monday 2019
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And […]
URC Daily Devotion Easter Sunday 2019
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 […]