There is a big difference between being in trouble and having a troubled heart. In John 14 Jesus tells his disciples the key to not having a troubled heart which is trusting God. Jesus does not just say trust me, he also says why. This is just as relevant to us today.

When Jesus reinstates Peter as the leader of the church he shows us key steps to rebuilding trust: forgiveness, facing mistakes and facing the future. These are simple steps we can follow.

We journey with Jesus’ followers from the burial of Jesus to the realisation of his resurrection. They go from despair to hope. John’s experience of the resurrection was a gradual dawning of hope and believing. He steps into faith. Where are we on this journey and what does it mean?

The Cross is all about forgiveness. The people of God are a forgiven and a forgiving people. How do we live out this truth and what does forgiveness really look like?

On the cross, Jesus makes a way for Mary and John to look upon one another as family. The church has received these words as not just an instruction for them but for all of us in the way we live our everyday lives.

Signs are put there for a reason, whether to warn or declare, celebrate or convict. As usual for a cruxifiction Jesus had a sign above his head, but this sign was different to the others, it explains much more than its owners intended. What does the sign above your head say?

Bob Dylan put it simply. “It might be the devil or it might be the Lord but you’ve gotta serve somebody”. Pilate has a problem. He knows Jesus should be freed, but there is the crowd and there is Caesar. Who will he serve? What lessons for us about who we are serving in our everyday lives.

Sim and James talk about Sunday’s all-age gathering on fasting and repentance where we filled a big box with the stuff of our lives and some water and tried to make sense of what God wants for us.

What would you do if you found yourself face to face with Jesus? Pilate found himself all alone with Jesus. What did he do? He chose to walk away. How can we learn from Pilate and not make the same mistake.

As Jesus is tried there are three answers to the Father’s will. “No”, “Yes and No” and “Yes”. Jesus’ “Yes” changes the world and your “Yes” can change it too.

Bishop Viv gives her insight into John's Gospel on the night Jesus was betrayed. Jesus asked the question "who are you looking for?" Do we ask ourselves the same question? Who do we seek? Who do we find? and What Do We See in Jesus?

Jesus washes the Disciples feet and then tells them to do the same. Could you wash someone's feet if you knew they were about to betray you? Jesus shows us how we can.

At times it feels like everything is being shaken and we become unsure in our lives and culture. We have a choice to make, we can try and fix things ourselves or place our trust in Jesus. Which will we do?

This is a story of extravagant, uninhibited worship. It is an outpouring of love that is likely to have made people feel very uncomfortable at the time.

What does uninhibited worship look like in our imagination? This passage challenges us to strive for that.

The question is not will your life have pain and loss. But rather what will you do with those experiences of pain and loss and who will you become throiugh them. Jesus has a plan for your pain, wll you bring your pain to Him?

When we make mistakes, how do we deal with them? How can we let God show us His way through?

Jesus is amazing, what he does and what he says makes people sit up and take notice. But it seems there are always those who do not 'get him'. Learning from John 9 we look at what can get in the way of us seeing who Jesus is.

How do we live as Christians in a sexually broken society? Too often we shrink back as Christians and end up compromised. Jesus wants to bring us to a place of healing and forgiveness in a way that transforms society.

At the moment in their festival when the Jews ask God for water for the year to come, Jesus offers them – and us – a living water that will quench our thirst for good: the Holy Spirit.

Does the act of remembrance point us elsewhere, to another world? A world of true lasting peace into which each of us are invited.