No man is an island 2 Corinthians 13.11-14(The Passion Translation) Finally, beloved friends, be cheerful! Repair whatever is broken among you, as your hearts are being knit together in perfect unity. Live continually in peace, and God, the source of love and peace, will mingle with you. Greet and embrace one another with the sacred … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Monday 31st August

Forgiving ourselves Reflection Loving God, our Mother and Father, creator of this day, and all our days. Bring us closer to you as we journey through all we are doing today. We ask this through your Son, our saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Forgiveness is one of the more obvious human traits present in Christianity (or … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Sunday 30th August

The organ of gratitude Colossians 3.15-17,4.2-6 (NRSV) And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Saturday 29th August

The best laid plans… John 4.1-42 (NRSV) Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, ‘Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— he left Judea and started back to Galilee. But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Friday 28th August

Set me on fire 1 Kings 18.41-45 (New International Version) Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Thursday 27th August

Prepare ye the way of the Lord Reading (Good News Translation) The beginning of the good newsabout Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,  who will prepare your way’ –‘a voice of one calling in the wilderness,“Prepare the way for … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Wednesday 26th August

What foundations are we putting down? Matthew 7.24-27 (Good News Translation) “So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Tuesday 25th August

Sheltering in God Psalm 91.1-6 (New Century Version) Those who go to God Most High for safetywill be protected by the Almighty.I will say to the LORD,“You are my place of safety and protection.~You are my God and I trust you.”God will save you from hidden trapsand from deadly diseases.He will cover you with his … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Monday 24th August

Japanese bowls (kintsugi) Jeremiah 18.1-6 (NRSV) The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making of clay was … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Sunday 23rd August

Windows onto heaven Revelation 21.1-5 (NRSV)The New Heaven and the New Earth 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, … More Seeing Deeper…Looking Beyond – Saturday 22nd August