These reflections on the Common Worship readings for each Sunday are taken from Jane Williams' weekly Church Times column. Each passage provides a starting point for thinking about the lectionary readings and drawing connections between them. The focus of the writing is spirituality, drawing out different perspectives on the texts from Tom Wright with his biblical criticism slant.

Jane Williams is Assistant Dean and Lecturer in Systematic Theology at St Mellitus College, London, and a visiting Lecturer at King's College London. Her books include Faces of Christ (Lion, 2011) and Why did Jesus have to Die? (SPCK, 2016).