God's Spirit is with us now and forever, and working that out is a lifetime's journey. It is that journey that we commit to through the rites of Baptism and Confirmation.

Motherhood is one of the world's most powerful forces, it has the potential to shape each of us - not just through the grand gestures, but in the small everyday acts of love.

One of the most extraordinary things about Jesus is who he chooses to proclaim his Messiahship too - not the rich and powerful, the famous or the wise, not his family or friends, but a Samaritan woman on the wrong side of ever socially drawn line. That's where Grace begins.

If you were to boil the hope of the gospel down into one phrase, it would be 'restoring relationships'. The Bible uses a range of images to explore this idea, but key amongst them are regeneration, reconciliation and adoption. Today we reflect on this good news for us, and for our society.

The start of Lent is an ideal time to pause, reflect and remember how much we need to rely upon God.

The Transfiguration is a peak moment in the life of Jesus and the growth of the disciples' understanding of Him. Despite this, it stands at the start of the road to the cross revealing how God's glory and the experience of suffering often go hand-in-hand together.

We are reminded this week, that the Christian hope - the biblical hope - is is not about going to heaven when we die, but the full restoration of God's world. A new creation for which this world groans.

We all have periods of our life where we feel overwhelmed by chaos and turmoil. Whatever the storms we face, Jesus is able to bring rest to our souls.

All of us will have pivotal moments in our lives when we are prompted to recognise that we're going down the wrong track, or making decisions that hurt others. The question is whether - like Saul - we listen to the voice of Christ.

At the start of this week of prayer for Christian unity, John the Baptist sets an extraordinary pattern of what it looks like to point people towards Jesus. He sets his own ego aside to recognise the One who is greater than himself.

Matthew's Gospel jumps straight from the Magi's visit to the infant Christ straight to his Baptism over thirty years later. This sets an example to the rest of us, we are called to shine God's light to the world and follow the calling he has for us.

After Jesus' born he is visited my some mysterious astrologers and magicians from the Persian East. In this we see how, although there is something special in God's election of the Jewish people, His redemptive plan for humanity goes beyond all ethnic or national borders.