by Julie Turner | Oct 19, 2013 | What's Happening
Perhaps the most surprising thing to me as I’ve reflected on the church and the importance people have played in my spiritual growth is the sheer diversity of humankind. I’m not simply talking about ethnicity or personality, though I’ve enjoyed learning about...
by Julie Turner | Oct 18, 2013 | What's Happening
After a long wait (to us), the new Phil Wickham album (‘The Ascension’) finally arrived in our house today! I am always encouraged by songs which focus me on truth that looks beyond the now. I spend a lot of time meditating on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 TNIV:...
by Julie Turner | Oct 18, 2013 | What's Happening
Sir Isaac Newton said, ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’, a phrase which has come to mean “one who discovers by building on previous discoveries”. Yesterday we acknowledged the importance of people in God’s creation and...
by Julie Turner | Oct 17, 2013 | What's Happening
This simple truth is so obvious that you may think it’s hardly worth mentioning. But I have struggled over the years to realise just how much God loves people and how important we are to Him.So often, life seems to be made up of ‘to do’ lists. There are so many things...
by Julie Turner | Oct 16, 2013 | What's Happening
I’ve never been one of the great and mighty, never worked for a multi-national company, never attended a mega-church. I’ve never lived in a huge capital city or felt comfortable in crowds. The big and bustling metropolis and the giant organisations which have slick...