Why bother?
I don’t know if you have this problem, but I am always annoyed when things break. Take for example the washing machine Lesley and I had when we were first married. It was a 20 something year old hand me [...]
Here’s Some Good News!
Yes, COVID is still a big problem worldwide (over 2.35 million people have now died from it) but there is a lot of GOOD NEWS when it comes to health around the world, and here’s some of it (to give [...]
The borders are open
Unless you happen to be a Jew by birth, we are Gentiles by birth, that is, we are from other nations, not the nation of Israel. And you all know where I was born: The Shire. I am definitely a [...]
God who is greater than my failings
There are two things in a Christian’s life that have to hold together; strangely neither can be abandoned. And as a Christian we give empirical evidence to the existence of both. What are they? That we still have sin living [...]
Christmas 2020
Christmas is usually such an exciting time, full of celebration, happiness and joy. Many take holidays, travel and visit family or have family visit them. Churches hold lots of events and provide for many who are struggling at this [...]
Two Days: Halloween & Reformation Day
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before [...]
Take a Nap
I’ve been sent the below and thought I’d share it with you. I’ve been sent a lot of helpful stuff lately – perhaps God is on my case. Here is basically what I was sent: Today we might need to [...]
Why Sunday Home Group is so important
Let me start by saying that I am really looking forward to COVID and the restrictions being over. I feel like as a church we are in a kind of engagement period, where ‘we are church’, we are committed to [...]
“Remember Me!”
Over a million people around the world have died from COVID (and more than half of those deaths have been in just three countries: USA, India and Brazil.) These people had parents, siblings, spouses, children and friends. This is so [...]
Patience in a complicated world
I don’t know about you, but I have found – and so too, my wife – that life today seems to have so many loose ends. I much prefer to have a tidier life, but that seems to be a [...]
