Word on Wednesday with John Mason
The weekly podcast is a Mid-week Bible Reflection that includes Prayers drawn from an Anglican Prayer Book, Bible Readings (typically from the New Revised Standard Version), and a Bible Reflection given by an ordained minister of the Church. Each podcast session is introduced and closed with Music (and may occasionally include a song).
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 311
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
A Cry From The Heart - Part 1
Many people these days experience depression. It's not something new and should not be lightly dismissed. Psalms 42 and 43 reveal lessons from the experience of the psalm writer which can help us. Fi…
September 11 - Twenty Four Years On
Twenty four years after the events of 9/11, it is easy to put aside the hideous, evil acts that cut short lives of people going about their daily affairs. However, it can never be said that the Bible…
A Moral Universe ...?
Christians, especially in Northern Nigeria, are reckoned to be the most persecuted people in the world. Our hearts cry out with the repeated words of Psalm 13: How long, O LORD ...? Our sense of righ…
Why Do the Nations Conspire ...?
Studies reveal that Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. The theme of the persecution of God's people is not new. Psalm 2 begins: Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot i…
True Joy
Have you ever been resentful of people whose lives seem successful? The very thought of them strips any sense of happiness from you. There's nothing wrong with being successful. The question is, what…
True Happiness
Happiness is something we long for. But how can we achieve it? Can it be a goal? Or are there too many variables outside our control? Psalm 1 helps us work through these questions.
Confident Prayer
What do you think of prayer? Do you pray regularly? And if you do, do you pray with confidence? Can God, whom we call Father, be trusted to hear our prayers and answer them? This podcast focuses on J…
Ministry Is Service
What is your ambition in life? The themes of royalty and service stand out in Luke's record of the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth. Although he is demonstrably God's King, he never used his divine…
Ambition?
The themes of royalty and service stand out in Luke's record of the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth. Although he was God's King, he never used his divine powers out of self-interest or self-aggran…
A Surprising Power
With the current geo-political upheavals, many fear what the future holds. The uncertainty today is exacerbated by the angry divisions within societies. We can feel powerless when it comes to talking…
Two Unequal Powers
In this world of turmoil and suffering, we long for a day when all will be put right. A scene in the public ministry of Jesus of Nazareth helps us.
Standing Firm in the Faith
CS Lewis in Screwtape Letters observes that there are two equal and opposite errors that people fall into regarding the dark powers. One mistake is to disbelieve in their existence; the other is to b…
Standing Firm in the Faith
CS Lewis in Screwtape Letters observes that there are two equal and opposite errors that people fall into regarding the dark powers. One mistake is to disbelieve in their existence; the other is to b…
Spiritual Conflict
CS Lewis in Screwtape Letters, observes that there are two equal and opposite errors that people fall into regarding the dark powers. One mistake is to disbelieve in their existence; the other is to …
The Jesus Story: Seven Signs - Pass It On!
"The success . . . of the most influential framework for making sense of human existence that has ever existed always depended on people like my Godmother: people who saw in the succession of one gen…
The Jesus Story: Seven Signs
Everyone loves a story. The huge success of the Narnia books of C S Lewis, The Lord of the Rings from J R R Tolkein and, of course, J K Rowling's Harry Potter series, all come to mind. But fiction is…
Hope For Our Troubled World
Can we help our broken and divided world find hope and peace? Or has the voice of God's people been silenced? Tom Holland in Dominion traces the influences of the Jesus sstory on the West, including …
Trinity
In his 2004 book The Holy Trinity, Robert Lethem commented on the impact of postmodernism on society. "In terms of instability and diversity, the postmodern world of constant flux is seeing insecurit…
Pentecost and Speaking Up…
Pentecost and Speaking Up
Is there anything that can really make us different - that can shake us out of our apathy and anxieties? That can inject enthusiasm and joy, confidence and courage into our lives?
Come with me to the …