The Word Around The Bush

Good Friday Mark 14: 1-15: 47

On this Good Friday God is also with us. In death and in suffering, in the whole of our human experience. Perhaps Good Friday is

Palm Sunday: Symbols and Significance John 12:12-16

Symbols and Significance. This Palm Sunday, what do the symbols of the palm branch, donkey and cloaks mean for us? What does Easter mean to

Lent 5 – In my heart and in my head – Jeremiah 31:31-34

The Old Testament lectionary readings in Lent take us back to God's desire for a covenantal relationship with all peoples and our consistent inability to

Lent 4 – Things of the Spirit – John 3: 14-21

On this fourth week in Lent we continue our journey towards the cross.  Even in John's opening chapters he is shaping the conversations around Jesus'