St Mark 1: 29 -34 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 16th January 2024
St Mark 1: 14 – 28 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 15 January 2024
St Mark 1: 1 – 13The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord, […]
St Mark’s Gospel
St Mark’s Gopsel Dear Friends, I hoped the series of reflections over the last two weeks helping us think about the New Year has been useful. Now we turn to St Mark’s Gospel. The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament though many, but not all, scholars […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 13 January 2024
Revelation 21: 1 – 5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 12 January 2024
inspiration in your inbox 12 January 2024It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me Galatians 2: 19 – 21For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday, 11 January 2024
inspiration in your inbox Thursday, 11 January 2024I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh Ezekiel 11: 14 – 21Then the word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, your kinsfolk, your own kin, your fellow exiles, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are […]
Resources for Sunday
Worship Resources for Sunday Dear Friends, The Worship Notes for this week were prepared by the Revd Dr Janet Tollington. Janet looks, in particular at the call of Samuel and muses on how we learn to hear God’s voice and how Eli, who should have known, got it wrong! As ever there is a range of […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday, 9 January 2024
Isaiah 43: 18 – 21 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.The wild animals will honour me, the […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday, 8 January 2024
Lamentations 3: 19 – 24 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to […]