The Heavens Declare…

‘The heavens declare the glory of God;     the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech;     night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words;     no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice...

Igor’s 2015 adventures

Igor (our church mascot and faithful iguana friend) has been enjoying the scenery in the Yorkshire Dales! Hiding in a maze at Bolton Castle: Being found in the maze: At Richmond, advertising the ‘Influence’ church’s series on ‘Landmarks’:...

Means and ends

The Renaissance philosopher Machiavelli is said to have coined the phrase ‘the end justifies the means’, meaning by this that the way in which we do things matters less than our actual goal. If an end goal is justifiable, the argument goes, it...

Time, Manner, Place

One of the challenging things about learning a foreign language is not just assimilating new vocabulary and pronunciation, but accepting that word order and structure (syntax) will also be different. This is particularly true of German, where verbs often change...