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Ministers Musing - March 13th, 2026

1 day ago

This week in worship we’ll explore Aaron Miller’s chapter on Discipline (how does that make us weird in the world?), and our focus scripture will be God working through Samuel to find a new King. Aaron starts his chapter with a quotation from Quaker Richard Foster: The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people. read more

Ministers Musing -March 6th, 2026 - Rev Will Sparks

8 days ago

We are called to be weird in “the world as it is,” because “the world as it is” has yet to become “the world as God wants it.” That is the theme we are exploring through the season of Lent. This week it is not difficult to see examples of how short we have fallen from the world God wants. The level of violence and environmental destruction this week could not be farther from it. read more

Ministers Musing 27th Feb, 2026 - Rev. Julie Lees

15 days ago

This Sunday we will shape worship around Aaron’s chapter on PRAYER in his book “Weird in the World: Living Towards the World God Wants.” We will also explore the story of Nicodemus’ visit with Jesus: two faithful people, having a respectful conversation about the realm of God and our way of participating in that – is it body? Spirit? Both? And, how does prayer fit in to figuring that out? read more