A Post-Easter Reflection by David Brooker For the first time in many, many years I didn’t ‘go to church’ this Easter. No Holy Week reflective gatherings, no Maundy Thursday re-enactment of the Last Supper, no Good Friday service, no Dawn service, no Easter Day gathering – all of which have previously been a regular part […]
Be Kind
I doubt that anyone would wish to be known as an unkind person. And yet most of us, at some stage, will have found ourselves having unkind thoughts, maybe speaking unkind words, and perhaps even taking unkind actions. Why? I guess because we’re human, and sometimes, despite our deep desire to be kind and gentle, we react in […]
Hospitality: The Great Reversal
[A reflection on Luke 19:1-10 by David Brooker at the HeartWell Gathering, 30th October 2022] All is not as it seems in this cute little story of Jesus and Zacchaeus! This Sunday School favourite has, buried within it, a surprising reversal, a reversal that points us to the heart of Jesus’ teaching, to the essence of […]
Come Alive!
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman quoted by Gil Balie, ‘In Gratitude’ 1994 The starting point for many church strategic planning exercises is to ask ‘what does the community need?’ and then, having discerned […]
Moving On
Wisdom from Jesus on dealing wth life’s challenges Wouldn’t it be nice if life could be always easy and smooth, free of pain and struggle, no trials and tribulations? Wouldn’t it be nice if life could be always warm and pleasant, free of unkind words and confronting images, no nastiness or cruelty? Wouldn’t it be nice if […]