Just to set the mood, let’s have a look at the wilderness where John the Baptist liked to hang out…  Somewhere I have some shots of the Jordan, but I’ll find them later.  I keep thinking about the pre-Christmas cleaning activity which has
been going on both at home and at the church.  You [...]

Well, having completed a fair bit of preparation for a sermon based on the Gospel reading and the usual Advent themes, I decided to scrap that in favour of Psalm 122:  “I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord.” So the usual Thursday sermon notes won’t [...]

We will be looking at Colossians 1:11-20, and Luke 23:33-43 this Sunday.  These two readings show us what seem to be contradictory notions of what it means to “reign”.  The Colossians reading gives a rather glorious picture of Christ  – “his glorious power”, “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all [...]

Luke 17:11-19

[11] On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.

So here we have Jesus going on his way from the northern, Jewish area  toward Jerusalem, with a pleasant meander through the rather unclean Samaritan area.

[12] As he entered a village, ten lepers approached [...]