Good to hope

Stephen preached this morning from Lamentations, a book that deals very honestly with a dark period in Israel’s history. It is easy for us sometimes to think that the God of the Old Testament is different to the God of the New Testament, or perhaps to focus on...

Shining like stars

Tony Brown preached last night on Philippians, looking at ways in which we may live pure and blameless lives (Phil 1:10). Purity is not about sinless perfection, as John makes clear in 1 John 1:8. Rather, the pure in heart will see God (Matt 5:8); purity here refers...

To be in Your presence

There are times when God’s presence seems especially close and this morning was one of those occasions. Times when His greatness and mercy overwhelm us. Times when all we can do is bow down in His presence because we realise how small we are in comparison and...

In training

I’m in training! I am taking part in the national Swimathon for charity (raising funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care) on 10th April (http://www.swimathon.org/) and will be swimming 5 kilometres (a staggering 200 lengths… if you don’t think that’s...