Sonya Lawley preaches on 2 healing stories of Jesus as we continue in our Windows into Life series. … [Read more...]
August 1, 2021
Open Worship Guide
Healing
Seeing As If For The First Time
“Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind,” (John 9:39). St. John begins his gospel with the words: “What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it,” (1:3b-5). And here at the beginning of the ninth chapter of the Gospel According to St. John we encounter Jesus walking along with his disciples when he meets … [Read more...]
Life in the beam
An appearance that transforms. That’s an epiphany. Seeing who Jesus is transforms us. Every person and every community that sees who Jesus is and places him at the centre of their life takes on for themselves a new identity and a new purpose: Participating in the revelation to the world of who he is. C. S. Lewis is a person who was famously transformed by such an epiphany. He converted from atheism to Christianity and went on to become one of the most widely-read Christian writers of the 20th … [Read more...]