Courage through prayer
One of the greatest dangers we humans face is being persuaded to go along with the crowd; and one of the most difficult things any one of...
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frmartinflatman
Dec 7, 20224 min read
The Scandal that is Christ
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Bible Readings :- What we have to understand about Jesus is that he wasn’t the wet drip of...
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frmartinflatman
Dec 3, 20225 min read
Finding God's hope on dark days
I am afraid I have had a bad week this week, coughing and wheezing, eventually I was put onto antibiotics and fell asleep at the drop of...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 30, 20225 min read
A Challenging Time
Reflection by Frances Flatman for the 2nd Sunday of Advent:- Advent is the time when we prepare for the coming of the Lord, the Saviour...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 26, 20225 min read
An Encouraging word
We have wonderfully encouraging words from Isaiah in our 1st Reading today (2:1-5) where he says “Come let us go up” and later “Come let...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 23, 20225 min read
God's risky choice
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- As we begin a new year in our Gospel Readings, this time following Matthew’s...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 19, 20225 min read
The image of a football captain ?
Our Old Testament Reading for Christ the King presents us with a stark contrast with the kingship of Christ. You can see and hear me...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 16, 20224 min read
One death has altered the world
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings on Christ the King:- We have come to the end of Luke’s Gospel and his study of...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 12, 20225 min read
A warning to the powerful
You know, I don’t want to think that anyone goes to hell, but sadly that’s not true. So what is more important is to identify who is in...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 9, 20225 min read
Christians should rock the boat
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Bible Readings :- Knowing how to ‘read’ your world can be an important aid to living,...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 5, 20225 min read
How to stop conflict going bad
HOMILY for 32nd ORDINARY SUNDAY : 6th November 2022 Can I suggest that a good title for this week’s Bible Readings might be “How to avoid...
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frmartinflatman
Nov 2, 20225 min read
Truth from our enemies ?
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings : How sad it is that all of us, created in God’s image but often living in...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 29, 20225 min read
God is ahead of us
Have you ever thought how peculiar it is that God can be both behind us, around us, and ahead of us? This isn’t a modern idea of course,...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 26, 20224 min read
God's challenge is ahead of us
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- In a period when we have witnessed the collapse of yet another British...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 22, 20225 min read
A Judge who brings freedom
I don’t know about you, but I find images of God as a judge rather troubling. I suppose it is because I have a vision from watching too...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 19, 20224 min read
Offering our sadness to a merciful God
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next weekend's Readings :- All of today’s Readings reflect on our human condition in relation to God,...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 15, 20225 min read
Listening to not talking at God
Whenever we hear a passage from the Old Testament which talks of the killing of enemies, as in our 1st Reading today, (Exodus 17:8-13) we...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 12, 20225 min read
Don't give up prayer - whatever!
Reflection by Frances Flatman on next Sunday's Readings :- Living as a believer is never a simple ‘once-off’ thing, it’s rather always...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 8, 20225 min read
God works in many different ways
HOMILY for 28th ORDINARY SUNDAY : 9th October 2022 I wonder if you know the story of the Biblical Scholar who was challenged at a railway...
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frmartinflatman
Oct 5, 20224 min read
We need more than just healing
Reflection by Frances Flatman on the Readings for next weekend:- We in Britain and its Commonwealth have just been part of an enormous...
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