Rebuilding the walls

Partly inspired by Isaiah 58:12 (which is rapidly becoming a ‘theme verse’ for the church in 2013!), Dave spoke about Nehemiah this morning and his commitment to rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah definitely could have been called a...

Visual aids

When we started the prayer walks in January, I wanted a visual reminder of all that we had seen to act as an aid to prayer. Some of the resulting photographs have now been enlarged on canvas prints and have been hung in the main hall to help us to continue to pray for...

The value of the arts

William Henry Davies’s poem often speaks into my life when I am frantically running around trying to fit a thousand jobs into a day:”What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long...

The Island of Iguanas

Saint Lucia is a Caribbean island situated between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. When it’s cold and dank in England in February (‘February’s ice and sleet freeze the toes right off your feet’,...

Warnings to the rich

Kevin looked at James 5:1-6 in the Bible study last night, identifying 4 warnings to the rich:1) the dangers of hoardingMatt 19:16-23 talks about the rich young ruler who, though outwardly obedient to God’s commandments, still failed to enter God’s kingdom...