The call to be disciples

My fruitfulness within God’s fruitfulness You will eat the fruit of the labour of your hands; You shall be happy, and it shall go well with you. Psalm 128:2   Read Luke 5:4—11 So the fishers will now fish for people. The occupations of Peter and his companions become a kind of parable. Perhaps my…

The church of sinners

The river of the water of life As they go through the valley of Baca, They make it a place of springs. Psalm 84:6   Read Revelation 22:1—5 I picture Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman at the well, a woman who knows life as so stony and difficult. He promised living water, gushing up…

The church of sinners

Looking to heaven There for sinners you are pleading, There you now our place prepare. John Bakewell   Read Acts 7:54—60 Where do I look when the world around me is enraged? It is, often enough. Where will I look when it is my turn to die? That will happen. To whom will my plea…