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Isaiah 52: 7–10 In one of the most vivid of all passages of scripture, God’s victory over the mighty Babylonian Empire is declared. In their … Read more

Psalm 139: 1–12 The word algorithm was almost unknown until the fiasco with the GCSE and A level results last summer, when we discovered this … Read more

Isaiah 11: 1–9 Advent is a time for watching and waiting – sometimes we get so caught up in the busyness of Christmas that we … Read more

Psalm 42: 1–5 In Advent 2020, many people will sympathise with this psalmist – someone who feels excluded from meeting others in the sanctuary, fondly … Read more

Ecclesiastes 3: 1–8 President-elect Joe Biden picked out some of the words of Ecclesiastes in the address he made to the American people following the … Read more

Psalm 27: 1–6 At first glance, this reading does not seem to fit Advent, but it begins, ‘The Lord is my light and salvation’, and … Read more

Isaiah 9: 2–7 Have you ever waited for something for ages, only to have it turn out completely differently to what you expected? Perhaps you … Read more

Psalm 18: 1–6 The psalm starts with a powerful assertion of God’s strength and deliverance, but the psalmist has only reached this point of assurance … Read more

Job 29: 1–6 It would be very easy, wouldn’t it, to re-write these verses for these times, as we live through a pandemic – ‘O … Read more

Exodus 13: 17–18, 20–22 Not a day goes by that we are not in need of God’s creative grace. Every morning we need his Spirit … Read more