Time to Reflect?
After Jesus’ resurrection the disciples stepped out into a completely new world. It was a world they didn’t understand at all and the disciples were frequently hidden behind locked doors or searching to find the familiar; they had much still to learn! Throughout this time Jesus walks the journey with them and in a very grounded way, in the midst of the realities of life. Jesus walked with them, all the way from Jerusalem to Emmaus, and he ate with them. Jesus talked with the disciples through the strangeness and he gently restored them. He breathed his blessing of peace over them and opened up their hearts to the story of God.
Today we too walk in a strange land, on new paths we have not walked before and we want to take time to walk with Jesus and to hear God’s story revealed to us in different ways.
This part of the website will help us to take time to receive the Lord’s blessing of peace over us and to be present with Jesus so that we can learn something of our presence in this strange world. Maybe, on our journey, we too will be able to speak peace and hope in the dark places of our communities today.
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| Jesus the Emmaus Road Companion | Baptist ministers John Rackley and John Weaver have been working on a project called Faith Journey as Theology, exploring how their lived Christian lives shape their theology
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| Learning to communicate [again] - finding fruit | The lack of in-person meeting has meant we have forgotten how to communicate with understanding. Inspired by the book of Galatians, here are some things to keep in mind as we begin to see one another again. By Claire Nicholls
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| The Cross and lament | In this time of loss, disorientation and pain, a true spirit of lament is demanded - Wale Hudson-Roberts reflects theologically on Covid-19
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| The Emmaus story as a model for ministry | The Emmaus Road experience is more than a story of what happened once upon a time, writes John Weaver. It is a blueprint of what being a follower of the post-Resurrection Christ means
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| The melting pot of honesty | The church’s form may well have changed greatly by the time we emerge from this global pandemic. As we patiently seek Christ, Craig Gardiner highlights a refining virtue
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| Tour of the Bible with Helen Paynter | Rev Dr Helen Paynter, Tutor at Bristol Baptist College is using her time at home to develop a daily vlog. She is taking a tour through the Bible and you are invited to join her.
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