It’s Time To Remember

Whilst we must often consciously and deliberately choose to forget the wrongs done to us, we must also consciously and deliberately choose to remember all God has done for us. Eugene Peterson says, ‘forgetfulness atrophies the muscles of faith and leaves them flabby...

Embracing Forgetfulness

Some of us have little choice but to embrace forgetfulness as we get older and our memory brain cells just don’t seem to function the way they used to! This isn’t the kind of forgetfulness I mean, however… By embracing forgetfulness, what I mean is a willingness to...

Avoiding Bitterness

I’ve recently had to take medication to avoid cholera when I go to India, and it struck me as I struggled to drink the sweet-tasting liquid that we tend to add flavours to drinks to make them more palatable. Those flavours are inevitably sweet, because we don’t like...

Fire Safety

As part of the upgrade to the building involving fire safety, further yellow lines have been added to the car park, clearly marking where it is not legal to park: We would ask that all who use the church car park respect this so as to allow clear exits from both fire...

Helping Others

One of the really positive ways we can fulfil God’s laws is by helping others. Paul says, ‘Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the...