"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem." (Luke 9:51) Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the day when we remember the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We read about this in Matt 21:1-11,...

My grandchildren are at the age when they love fairy tales with their stories of princesses, knights in shining armour and wicked witches. Disney’s version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ has the valiant Prince Phillip battle the evil fairy Maleficent who turns into a fierce...

I read a quote from Eugene Peterson this week which said, "Our worship restores us to a wholeness that keeps us sane in the midst of bedlam, joyous in the face of doom' ('On Living Well'), and like so many of words, that was like an arrow to my heart. Bedlam was a...