Memories…

Already the mornings are darker, the air is a little chiller and September heralds the arrival of autumn. Those warm, sunny days of summer seem a long time ago, but the updated displays in our community room remind us of the ‘Summer Fun’ we had during the...

Waiting & hoping

Ps 130 and Ps 131 are among my favourite psalms. They look so inconsequential: C. H. Spurgeon said of Ps 131 that it is ‘one of the shortest psalms to read, but one of the longest to learn.’ Yet, as Michael Wilcock summarises it, ‘To be careful not to rate others low...

Holy Defiance

In exploring the theme of holy defiance, we looked at what that means in practical terms. Defiance (bold disobedience or resistance) is often seen as negative, and to defy God is a dangerous thing. However, we do need to have a holy defiance that resists the...

Holy Defiance and Quiet Submission

In our Bible study we looked at Ps 129-131, and these three psalms again give us a by-now familiar picture of trouble, hope in God and deliverance. Ps 129 has much to say about oppression, and certainly we need to face up to the fact that trouble, oppression and...