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
The King’s Speech…
Great leaders are remembered for their speeches as well as their accomplishments – George Washington for his Inaugural address as President, Abraham Lincoln for his iconic Gettysburg address, and Mar…
The King's Speech
Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapter 5 and verses 1 through 12.
Expect the Unexpected…
Heraclitus, the 6th century BC Greek philosopher observed, ‘Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find truth, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain’.
Come with me to Matthew chapter…
Expect the Unexpected ...
Jesus' call for repentance and to become fishers of men and women.
Compassion…
Predictions about the global economic outlook for the new year are not encouraging. Nor is the news of the ongoing aggression by Russia in Ukraine. Given the rise of powerful despots and divisions wi…
Compassion
God's compassion seen in the restoration of Israel through Isaiah's writings and in the sending of His servant, the Messiah, to restore us in our relationship with Him.
Amazing Grace…
A close source pointed me to an article by Marylynn Rouse in Christian Heritage London, about the 250th anniversary of Amazing Grace. She comments, ‘It’s not often that a pop song in the charts can c…
Amazing Grace
Comfort and Glory from Isaiah - and the 250th anniversary of John Newton's Amazing Grace.
Wisdom for the New Year…
An op-ed on Christmas Eve four years ago in The Australian (12/24/18), referenced a lecture by Dr. George Weigel.
The article noted that Weigel ‘argues that Christianity, including the values highlig…
Wisdom for the New Year
The Magi, priests from ancient Persia, worship the King. Why? Who is he? Prophecy fulfilled bringing hope for our world through all ages. In Matthew chapters 1 and 2 we find hope for our world at the…
Christmas - Giving and Getting
"What is Christmas all about?" asks Charlie Brown. The answer is found in the book of Isaiah and also in Matthew's Gospel chapter 1.
Christmas – Giving and Getting
‘What is Christmas all about?’ asks Charlie Brown, in Charles M. Schultz’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.
When A Charlie Brown Christmas was first released (December 1965), the overwhelming positive resp…
Familiarity…
It’s said that familiarity breeds contempt. Christmas celebrations can at first fill us with awe. But with the passing of the years, we can become indifferent and sometimes even cynical about them.
W…
Familiarity ...
Has our familiarity with Christmas dulled our minds and senses to its truth and to God's astounding mercy and grace?
Advent…
I’ve been intrigued by the promotion of Advent calendars, online and in large retail stores this year. Looking into it, I find it is becom…
Advent
Isaiah 35 - Through Isaiah, God promises salvation and hope for His people.
Thanksgiving
Phillippians 4 - Giving thanks in everything - and the peace of God ...
Where Is Our Hope…?
The world around us seems to be growing more selfish and corrupt. The values that spring from a general acknowledgement that we are the special creation of a personal God are gathering dust on the sh…
Where is Our Hope?
Isaiah's foretelling of the coming of Messiah, God's King - our Hope.
Thanksgiving
‘Thanksgiving’ in America is one of the delights Judith and I experienced when we moved to New York in 2001. Despite the evil events of September 11 that year, people at the Thanksgiving Dinner we at…