Springboard For Service

A springboard is a strong, flexible board from which someone may jump in order to gain added impetus when performing a dive or a gymnastic movement. During the recent Olympic Games, we saw examples of divers and gymnasts using springboards to gain added height and...

People

‘Life would be easy if it weren’t for other people’ is the title of a book by Connie Pedesta and Vicki Sanderson. I haven’t read the book, but the sentiment expressed in its title made me smile, for I often feel that way. It’s the same feeling that we have when asked...

Grace and Love

At the end of 1 Corinthians 16, Paul signs off by mentioning grace and love: ‘The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.’ (1 Cor 16:23-24) This letter contains probably his most famous passage on love (1 Cor 13), and it is...

Update on Bedline

Update from Compassion: “Our Haitian staff and church partners have been working tirelessly to distribute food, water and hygiene kits. Some of our staff members have gone above and beyond, personally arranging the distribution of extra clothing and supplies in...

Avoiding Spiritual Infection

Joseph Lister is known as the ‘father of antiseptic surgery’, developing antiseptic solutions which treated wounds after surgery which thereby reduced the number of deaths from post-operative infections caused by microbes invisible to the human eye. We are...