Scripture for this Sunday (5th Sunday of Easter): Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 It might be a slight overstatement to suggest that Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian in Acts 8 was a rescue, but in a way there was a rescue from uncertainty and confusion. Much more recently, a story in […]
Archive | May, 2015
Death and Dissent
This week, I conducted a memorial service for a man who died in Menorca aged 89. At the age of 19, he served in the Arnhem campaign, during the closing stages of World War 2. He was wounded while trying to save the life of an officer, for which he was decorated. He would occasionally […]