Category: Reflections

By Revd Hannah Akibo Betts John 6: 47–58 and Ephesians 5: 15–20 As your guest speaker this morning, my name is Hannah. I live locally here in Milton Keynes and it is an honour, privilege and pleasure to speak to you this morning. I am familiar and acquainted with a few in this congregation, who have...

Yesterday, I found God’s canvas outside my train window. I passed the countryside and saw the beauty that lies within each brush stroke, the type of miracle that only grows beneath the soil. Since the beginning, we’ve had a habit of crossing boundaries against nature’s fruits. Left to our own devices we would have probably turned...

By Revd George Mwaura Romans 13: 8–14 and Matthew 18: 15–20 Creation and Sustainability: Caring for Mother Earth Here is a riddle for you: ‘What did the storm say to the hurricane?’ ‘I have my eye on you.’ Here is another one: ‘What did one tornado say to the other?’ ‘Let’s twist again like we did last...

By Revd Paul J. Le Sueur Panic Stations All was peaceful on Lake Galilee some years ago when I led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. As we walked along its shores we remembered how often it featured in the Gospels. It was on the shores of Lake Galilee where Jesus recruited Andrew and Peter, and...

By Revd George Mwaura Ezekiel 17: 22–24 and Mark 4: 26–34 God of wonders, we thank you because you have said to us that, when we pray with faith the size of a mustard seed, we can move mountains. Lord, we do have faith; please help our doubts not to override our faith in Jesus’ name. Amen...

By Revd George Mwaura God in three persons, speak to us in this space by your Spirt and shine light into our human understanding of who you are. Amen A family living in New Jersey in the USA narrated a hilarious experience of taking a young girl of Asian origin to church with them. The girl’s parents...

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 104: 24–33, Acts 2: 1–4 and John 20: 19–23 God of new beginnings, come, descend among us, and renew our faith and hope by your Spirit, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen It feels so good to come here and share fellowship with you today. But I am also very conscious...

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 98 and John 15: 9–17 Friends Christ, who calls us friends, speak to us in the silence of this space, and teach us to befriend those who seek and hunger for true friendship. Amen If someone were to ask you to describe your best friend, or the qualities that makes someone...

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 22: 25–31 and John 15: 1–8 Tangled up in the vines… This passage from John’s gospel is one that has created great comfort for many people, and at the same time, profound pain and suffering for others. So, let us begin by putting some context to it and, as we do so,...

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 23 and John 10: 11–18 Good shepherd, you know us better than anyone else. Open the ears of our hearts so that we may recognise your voice and follow you to receive salvation and eternal life. Amen I grew up among the Maasai people of Kenya, who are pastoralist and nomadic...

Woven – Lent 2: On the Mountaintop By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 22: 23–24 & Mark 9: 2–9 Lord speak to us through the words of my mouth and the meditations of your people. Open the scriptures wide so that we may behold your glory that sustains us in the valleys where we live. Amen I...

By Revd George Mwaura Joel 2: 12–18 & Mathew 6: 1–7 Merciful God, your Son battled with the powers of darkness, and grew closer to you in the desert. Help us as we hear your message of repentance and returning to you, to use these days of Lent to grow in wisdom and prayer that we...

By Revd George Mwaura Lord, as we bow in prayer, we ask that you reveal yourself in the ordinary places we inhabit so we may behold your glory and receive the salvation wrought by your Son. Amen On 17 January this year, a team of climbers from Nepal became the first mountaineers successfully to complete a winter...