The sacraments of modern culture are personal achievements, measured, quantified, compared. But they are not enough to provide a satisfaction that we have connection with eternity. There is no rest, only striving. The good news is something better than that. From Chad Bird: In the kingdom of the almighty number, where the first are first …
The church will gather together tomorrow to hear the news of the unsuccessful life. From Upside-Down Spirituality: Christianity has a God who knows that if the church runs the way of success, we’ll eventually tumble headfirst into the grave of irrelevance. That’s where the quest for success leads us – into a kind of death, …
Song: Saviour Of The World Welcome: Call to Worship Song: Saved My Soul Prayer Of Confession Song: Father Of Heaven, Whose Love Profound Affirming our Faith: New City Catechism 24 Song: Worship, Honour, Glory, Blessing Bible Reading: Luke 5: 1-26 – Jesus continues teaching and healing in Galilee, and calls His disciples to be “fishers …
Rebecca K Reynolds explains the the desire to be with Christ is not something for which the disciple needs to feel guilty as if its an avoidance of the realities of life, rather the desire to be with Christ is a natural feeling to experience more of the belonging which union with Jesus brings to …
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