by Julie Turner | Mar 12, 2022 | What's Happening
Matthew 6:9-15 gives us as disciples a framework for prayer. He gives us more information about forgiveness at the end of the prayer, underlining its importance for us. Matthew takes us beyond our everyday world of bartering and bargaining and reminds us that...
by Julie Turner | Mar 11, 2022 | What's Happening
In John 4, we see the story of how a conversation with Jesus can not only transform the life of an individual, but how that individual can then reach out to a whole community. Telling the story of what Jesus has done for us and inviting others to come and see are all...
by Julie Turner | Mar 10, 2022 | What's Happening
One of the most remarkable stories of forgiveness in the Bible occurs in Genesis 45:4-8 and Genesis 50:15-21, the story of Joseph forgiving his brothers. The story of Joseph (known to many who never read the Bible from the musical which focuses on his multi-coloured...
by Julie Turner | Mar 8, 2022 | What's Happening
Forgiving other people is difficult. They tend to make the same mistakes over and over again, as Peter expressed in our passage today (Matt 18:21-35). I tend to feel his tone was exasperated as he asked Jesus how many times he needed to forgive someone – seven times?!...
by Julie Turner | Mar 7, 2022 | What's Happening
This week in our Lent readings, we are looking at the theme of ‘forgiving.’ Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian faith: Christians are people who are forgiven by God and who forgive others. Forgiveness doesn’t depend on restitution; it is a choice we make, a...
