Happy Campers!

Stephen, back from a caravanning holiday in Cornwall, was keen to tell us all about the spiritual blessings of the ‘caravan of life’. He spoke about the tabernacle (‘a fixed or movable dwelling of light construction’), which God commanded Moses...

When Things Don’t Go Our Way

How did Paul learn the secret of contentment? I suspect he learned it through the times when God said ‘no’ to him. In 2 Cor 12, Paul tells us he faced great trouble which he describes as a ‘thorn in the flesh.’  He tells us he pleaded with God to remove...

Contentment

This morning at Cherry Tree Court we looked at the subject of contentment. We live in a society which doesn’t seem to value contentment, with advertisers urging us always onto better, bigger, brighter things! But Paul told TImothy that godliness with contentment...

Culture Carriers

“The early church didn’t import existing culture into the church; they exported kingdom culture into the world. It’s what culture carriers do.” (Alan Scott) Jesus talked about His disciples being in the world but not of the world. (John...