Reading : John 2:13-22 “With a whip of cords, Jesus drove all of them out of the temple. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the coins poured out over the floor” This image of Jesus disturbs us. Jesus who kneels to wash feet, eats with sinners, will soon suffer the humility of the crosswalk the road of humility towards the cross is, on this particular day, absolutely furious. What’s set him off we ask? Why this violent uproar? Surely these people were providing

Reading: Matthew 10:26-31 "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father” God’s love and care for all of creation is more powerful and all encompassing that any of us can ever imagine. In the words of the children’s hymn, “Our God is a great big God” Or another one, “Our God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing that he cannot do!” And yet, how often we project our own human limitations onto him? Especi

Reading Luke 21:1-4 “Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.” Jesus notices the poor widow. He understands the sacrifice those two small coins are for her. How many temple goers failed to see her, or saw the small contribution she was making to the treasury? Jesus saw her, he recognised who she was and what she did, and held her up as an example to those who probably ignored her that da

LOST AND FOUND COINS Reading Luke 15;8-10 "What woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?" I wonder what your reaction is if you see a coin lying in the street as you are walking along? Do you stoop to pick it up? Or do you leave it lying there? That may, of course, depend on the value of the coin................if it’s a penny or two-pence, it may not feel like it’s worth lifting,