“In your wind, In your light… How small everything else is, how small we are – and blessed in that which alone is great” Reading John 3, 7-8 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’ The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 28th June 2024
John 13, 34-35 Jesus said: “I give you a new commandment—to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another.” Reflection Dag Hammarskjöld wrote about always treating other people’s good as the […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 27th June 2024
“What we are to put into life will seek us out, it is not for us to seek out our life’s purpose.Thus you are being faithful if you wait, ready. And then you act when action is demanded of you.” Reading: St Luke 9, 23-25 Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 26th June 2024
Reading Romans 8, 5-11 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 25th June 2024
“But from somewhere beyond, something fills my being with the possibility it held at birth” Reading Matthew 6, 25-31 Jesus said: therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 24th June 2024
“Humility in the presence of the flower on the tree line opens the way up onto the mountain” * Reading Luke 18, 15-17 Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them. But Jesus called for the […]
Sunday Worship 23 June 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Nick Jones Introduction Hello, and welcome to today’s worship. My name is Rev Nick Jones and I’m a URC minister in Mersey Synod, serving Chester Road United Reformed Church in Ellesmere Port, and also Heswall URC where I am speaking to you from today. Here at Heswall […]
Waymarks
Waymarks“The longest journey is the journey inwards”* Dear Friends, I hope you enjoyed Neil’s short series exploring a range of themes that came to him in Lockdown. We now turn to a week’s worth of reflections by Stephen Dawson, an elder at Ipswich Road URC in Norwich using ideas from Dag Hammarskjöld. Stephen writes: “Vägmarken”, […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 21st June 2024
Friday, 21 June 2024 Reflection I wonder what your daily routine includes? What are the little essentials that add up to normality for you? For me, coffee is pretty much an essential. A standing joke is that when we’re out for the day, I’m keeping an eye open for a likely coffee stop. I’m almost […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 20th June 2024
Thursday, 20 June 2024 Reflection The apple blossom glows and promises the possibility of harvest long months ahead. The dainty flowers are edged with hints of pink. The annual rhythms of nature carry on in all their tiny and not so tiny splendours. Some things are, simply, good. God made them so… Life goes onand […]