Reflections for April 2026

It’s hard to believe. Only a short while ago the disciples were locking themselves away because they were scared out of their minds that they were going to be the next ones executed. Before that they’d run away, and Peter, always so sure of himself, had denied that he even knew Jesus. Now that same […]

When did the Resurrection happen?  That’s not too hard – on Easter Sunday! But if I wanted to be irritatingly pedantic and ask: “Yes, but exactly when, please be more precise?” – then there isn’t a clear answer. We don’t know. But we also can recognize that it doesn’t really matter. The reality of the

Living things are very focused on staying alive, whether they are bacteria or mammals. Humans are no different. People survive under extraordinary circumstances. Occasionally living beings will put themselves in danger for a greater good, notably protecting offspring, and perhaps when a pack defends its territory. Humans behave the same way. Jesus chose to die, he

There are occasions when things just stop. A relationship breaks up, a diagnosis you weren’t expecting, you don’t get the job you were hoping for, an accident that comes out of nowhere. We find ourselves facing a different world. But the world isn’t really different. The world carries on. What has changed is inside us,

So what actually happened on that evening when Jesus and his friends shared their last meal together? Paul spells it out pretty clearly (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Jesus took the bread and wine, which are traditional elements of a Passover meal, and used them in a completely different way. He turned them into a new reality