Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans)“  (JN 4:9). Ain’t that a dilly of a pickle?! A Jew, from Judea, travels north into Samaria and asks for a drink of water from a well. It has all the makings for a good joke, doesn’t it!? “A Jewish Rabbi walks into a bar in Samaria…” But this is

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! You know, without a doubt, one of the worst things in life is moving.  Having to move to a new house or new apartment or new condo or whatever. A new residence. It’s not so bad when you’re young or in the kraft-dinner college stage of life and everything you have fits in the back of a 1992 Nissan Pathfinder. But the older you get, the more stuff you accumulate,

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! The Shrove Tuesday pancakes have been eaten and enjoyed as the last of the sweet treats before Easter. The ashes have adorned our foreheads to remind us of our mortality. The water used to clean them off reminds us of our Baptism which has washed our sins away. Our Lenten pilgrimage and journey has begun anew this year - our journey to the cross. This is the bl

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Some friends of ours went on a Roman Catholic pilgrimage known as El Camino de Santiago.  It’s an 800km hike that takes you from France to Santiago de Compostela on the Spanish coast, the place where St. James’ remains are said to be buried. That is Big James, the son of Zebedee. It is said they brought his relics or bodily remains to Spain from Jerusalem afte