How quickly the mood changes, the tone darkens. Only moments earlier Peter’s insight has been declared by Jesus to be heaven-inspired, something beyond the capacity of flesh and blood, providing the rock on which the future will be built. But now Peter is sternly reprimanded and firmly put in his place; he is called Satanic, […]
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Isaiah 51:1-6. Romans 12:1-8. Matthew 16:13-20
In the modern kingdom of Jordan is a big tourist attraction, the rock hewn city of PETRA, where beautiful tombs are cut out of the living rock: PETER/PETRA. Isaiah says is all: “Look to the ROCK from which you were hewn”, and the reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans tells us about ministries we […]
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Trinity 7 (Pr 12) I Kings 3.5-12; Romans 8.26-39; Matthew 13.31-33, 44-52
HR 30 July 2017 Trinity 7 (Pr 12) I Kings 3.5-12; Romans 8.26-39; Matthew 13.31-33, 44-52 Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like…” – and we find ourselves on familiar ground. These sayings are lodged deep within us. Heard and reheard over years and years, they form a central part of our experience […]
New for 2017! The Church of the Resurrection Picture Book
A picture-book of the Church of Resurrection has been specially commissioned to mark CR’s 125th anniversary and the re-hallowing of the Community Church, covering the church’s history from the beginning to today, with 40 picture-packed pages. Produced by noted local historian Frances Stott, and a visual triumph, it will give immense pleasure and satisfaction to […]
Celebration Weekend Pictures
The weekend of 7-9 July 2017 marked the 125th anniversary of the Community, and we were delighted to welcome hundreds of guests from across the country (and beyond) to join the celebrations. A selection of images from the re-hallowing of the Church on the Sunday are available to view by clicking the link below https://mirfield.org.uk/festival/ […]
The Sower
I have heard quite often that the sower in Jesus’ parable sows the seed in the traditional peasant fashion, casting it from side to side. If this is the way all farmers sowed their seed it is no wonder peasant farming was so bad and famines so frequent. It is a very inefficient way of […]
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“Salvation has come to this house today.” (Luke 19.9) – Re-hallowing of the Community Church
“Salvation has come to this house today.” (Luke 19.9) It was in July 1911 that Charles Gore presided at a service here for the laying of the foundation stone of the Chapel of the Resurrection. He and Walter Frere were not at one on the liturgical arrangements. Gore was “all for incense” but refused to […]
Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, look inside and there’s the people
The gospel tells us that the Church is the people. “You are the body of Christ”. Every church building is for the people, the People of God. Having church buildings is an inevitable consequence of the gospel. In Jesus God entered into human life, taking flesh. And so our relationship with God is not just […]