Worship

Beholding the Glory of the Son of God

Transfiguration Sunday (7 Feb 2016) is the last Sunday of Epiphany, which is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, andmarks the beginning of the Lenten journey.1 Though not universally observed, the…

Jesus came to identify with us

  Epiphany is celebrated on 6 Jan, 12 days after Christmas Day. It is a great day of joyous celebration for all Christians as the church observes the manifestation of…

Celebrate the season of joyful expectation

The season of Advent is upon us once again as the church welcomes the start of the Liturgical Year. Spanning four Sundays before Christmas, Advent, which means “arrival” or “coming”,…

Sing a song for God’s saints

For All the Saints (The United Methodist Hymnal, #711)   For all the saints, who from their labours rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O…

Blowing the ram’s horn in the year of jubilee

HAIFA – APRIL 22: Jewish Pesach blowing in “Shofar” during a memorial on April 22 2012 in Elijah’s Cave, Haifa, Israel. An orthodox religious Jew wearing a prayer shawl draped…

Making the most of our time

Take Time to Be Holy (The United Methodist Hymnal, #395)   Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his word.…

Facing the uncertainty of tomorrow

Young girl in a summer frock standing on rocks overlooking the ocean while enjoying the sunshine on a summer vacation copyspace No one can be absolutely certain of what tomorrow…

Remembering what God has done

Count Your Blessings (Baptist Hymnal 1991, #644) When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one…

The unchanging truth of the triune God

The doctrine of the Trinity, deeply entrenched in Church tradition and staunchly embraced by the likes of Gregory of Nyssa, St. Augustine, Jonathan Edwards, and even John Wesley, was a…

Be inspired by the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (UMH 651) Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, and lighten with celestial fire; thou the anointing Spirit art, who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.…
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