The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Ascension
Last week’s ELCE Pastors’ Study Week – although it is only three days – is a good time of fellowship, learning, and worship. We were certainly hosted brilliantly by Westfield House – and a big ‘thank you’ to them – especially for the meals. This year we studied C F W Walther’s ‘Church and Ministry’ […]
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Ascension
How’s the weather for you? How would you describe it? Warm? Hot? Pleasant? Unpleasant? Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week recorded the highest temperatures three days in a row this year. Friday’s UK maximum temperature was, I believe, 32.7ºC in Suffolk, and the average June temperature (from a relatively quick search on the internet […]
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Ascension
It’s been a while … but I did read something recently and thought ‘very good’ and wanted to share so here goes … Luther’s view of truth is inseparable from his doctrine of the Word of God. Without entering into the various inter- pretations of this doctrine that have been advanced in recent years, it […]
The Second Sunday of Easter
Ascension
I was intrigued to hear that from these past two years with COVID-19 a thing called ‘long grief’ is now being discussed which I discovered was a short hand for prolonged grief disorder. And yes, I was intrigued especially in this season of Easter – the seven weeks of Easter before Pentecost comes around – […]
Palm Sunday
Ascension
When Egeria travelled in the Levant (381-384) she recorded many things on her travels one of which was a description of the events in Jerusalem in Holy Week. There were many services, gatherings, walking to various places and on Sunday afternoon having gathered at the Mount of Olives for hymns, antiphons, and Bible readings there […]
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