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
Gramercy
No, I’m not talking about Gramercy Park, New York City – although I’ll come back to that. I’m referring to an old English word, gramercy, …
Gramercy
Luke 23:33ff - Gramercy - Great Mercy, as shown in Jesus' words to the repentant thief beside him on the cross.
Expect the Unexpected…
History and archaeology documentaries have made us more aware of past civilizations and the splendor of their buildings. However, while ancient buildings can be awe-inspiring, they testify to the ris…
Expect the Unexpected
Jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and warns of political and climatic upheaval.
Testing Times…
One of the conundrums of life is the oft irrational hostility towards the Christian faith. Yes, sadly some professing Christians have carried out terrible abuses. But the big picture is that over the…
Curiosity…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn lived at the time when Soviet communism sought to harness human engineering to create a new society. The goal was to develop a new kind of human being. Greedy, competitive and …
Worship…
In Mere Christianity CS Lewis comments, ‘According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride…. It was through Pride that the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every ot…
Persistent Prayer…
Prayer is a very special privilege for the people of God. Why don’t we pray more consistently than we do?
Come with me to the parable in Luke chapter 18, verses 1 through 9. It is about a powerful ju…
Gratitude…
One of the many things that impressed Judith and me on moving to the United States was the Thanksgiving holiday. In November 2001, we were invited to a Thanksgiving meal by a family in the city. Towa…
Simply Doing Our Duty…?
If you want to be known and celebrated these days you need to ensure that the cameras are focused on you and that you are looking directly…
Make Friends for Yourselves…
Money and what money can buy dominate our lives. The title of one book says it all: Born to Shop.
To follow up last Wednesday’s considerat…
Mercy – So Undeserved
Many millions throughout the world are mourning the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The longest reigning monarch in British histo…