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Each church year, the liturgical seasons can draw us closer to God because we are changing each year and God is faithfully still serving us each year.

Jesus doesn't simply influence life – he kills the sinful flesh and brings a new life (in him) into being – and that is far more radical than influencing.

Christmas, The Epiphany, Easter, anything about Jesus can seem to be about him with Jesus himself 'far away' and in one sense irrelevant but the power of words and the work of the Holy Spirit mean that people are still meeting Jesus through...

The message of the Incarnation isn't about making Jesus like us but reminds us that God wants to us to be like him.

Why Christmas is celebrated is important to know because, at its heart, it is a celebration of God being with us today.

People build their religions from all sorts of sources. How different is it for people when God reveals himself in Jesus Christ!

When people read the book of Revelation they are looking for comfort and hope – and in Jesus you can always find it for he is with his people always!

What is happening to us is always important to us - and we never face it alone with Jesus.

Truth is important to us. The best truth is Jesus Christ.

Getting the forecasts right are very helpful for so much of living from the weather to the economy and more. How much more important is the right forecast that comes with living with Jesus Christ! Now that's life in all its fulness!

Whether we hear them as they are spoken or read them from centuries past, words open the world and others to us – and that is no more so than with the Word of God.

When imagining heaven and arrivals there, let's be firmly grounded in God's Word – and there isn't much detail, but it is enough!

Whichever way it is, hopefully we make the best decision we can each time. Knowing that Jesus is with us is good and supportive, but he is not the puppet master, or a heavenly sat-nav. Rather Jesus guides us through his Word. Which way we turn is up to...

We all tell them and they shape our life but they do not necessarily define reality. For the Christian, defining reality and truth comes from God's Word which impacts the stories we tell ourselves.

Whether it is the right place at the right time or the wrong place at the wrong time, we live in specific places all the time – and Jesus is with his people wherever they are because he is united with them in Baptism – and so wherever we are, we are...

Will I test the new fuses in the house? If I remember and follow the electrician's instructions. Will I live as a person who is saved? That will depend upon whose words take hold of me even when my following them is all over the place.

Cross Encounters - #376

Learning the full story is important. When it comes to salvation, then the full story must include Jesus and his cross and empty tomb.

We live with the expected and the unexpected and Jesus helps us with both.

Reflections on the birth of a granddaughter.