[Philemon] A Common Heart

[Philemon] A Common Heart

by | Apr 10, 2021 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.” – Philemon 1:17 Here is a letter from Paul, who is now old and in prison. To Philemon, Paul’s dear friend and co-worker in the early church, and to the church who gathered in his home,...
Dry Bones Days

Dry Bones Days

by | Mar 26, 2021 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

DRY BONES DAYS by Hugh Farquhar The Psalm chosen by the designers of the Lectionary for this Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, is Psalm 31:9-16. For reasons I cannot explain, I found myself focusing on verse 10: “My strength fails me . . . my bones are wasted away.” This...
Dry Bones Days

As Much as in All Riches

by | Mar 19, 2021 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

AS MUCH AS IN ALL RICHES by Hugh Farquhar The Psalm placed in the Lectionary for next Sunday as an alternate Reading is Psalm 119:9-16. I lock on verses 12-14: “I will delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and...
[1 Timothy] Here I am

[1 Timothy] Here I am

by | Mar 13, 2021 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent” – 1 Timothy 2:15 I suppose I could leave this page blank to honour the sentiment of this teaching. Or not! I was first introduced to this verse of scripture between...
Dry Bones Days

The Pole & the Cross

by | Mar 12, 2021 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

THE POLE AND THE CROSS by Hugh Farquhar This Sunday’s Old Testament Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Lent is Numbers 21:4-9. I always wonder what people hear when this passage is read from the Book of Numbers without comment. As a story, it is what a friend of mine...