by Julie Turner | Jul 31, 2014 | What's Happening
Flotsam and jetsam are not everyday terms. Technically, they refer to specific kinds of shipwreck: flotsam (from a word originally meaning ‘to float’) is the floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo, whilst jetsam (from the word ‘jettison’,...
by Julie Turner | Jul 30, 2014 | What's Happening
Jesus was once asked (by a rather exasperated Peter, I always feel) “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” (Matt 18:21) I always get the feeling Peter thought he was doing rather well to suggest as many as...
by Julie Turner | Jul 29, 2014 | What's Happening
When I was a teenager and learning to cook, I would read recipes with a fair amount of bemusement. My favourite was the recipe for meringues, which said cryptically ‘whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks that just tip over when you lift the...
by Julie Turner | Jul 28, 2014 | What's Happening
When I was a child, one of my favourite toys was a kaleidoscope (a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, coloured objects such as beads or pebbles or pieces of glass.) As you look through one end of a kaleidoscope, light entering the other end creates a colourful...
by Julie Turner | Jul 28, 2014 | What's Happening
The second part of Yan’s sermon on the gift of godly wisdom looked at how we actually acquire such wisdom! Our growth in wisdom is largely determined by our attitude to it. Prov 4:6-8 shows us that we should love, exalt and embrace wisdom; we have to make it a...
