Embracing Simplicity

Simplicity in life is all about weeding out the non-essentials and focussing on the things that are truly important. Just as our houses easily get cluttered without regular clear-outs, our lives can become full of clutter and rubbish: things we do which aren’t really...

Doggy Bags of Grace

At restaurants we sometimes can’t finish all the food that is given us, and sometimes ask for a ‘doggy bag’ to be made up from our leftovers so that no food is wasted. Ostensibly, the bag is taken home to feed the dog; sometimes, we may well eat the leftovers...

Trusting Others

Mark’s activity tonight involved a blindfolded person being led by a child… an object lesson in learning to trust! Then the adults had a go! Stephen pointed out in the epilogue that there is a difference between honest doubt, when we have questions we are...

From Doubt to Faith

Tonight’s family service looked at the subject of doubt and faith. ‘Doubting Thomas’ is perhaps unfairly known as the disciple who doubted Jesus’s resurrection (see John 20:24-29), and it seems he struggled with pessimism, melancholy and doubt....