Plain Sailing

All of us would like life to be all about ‘plain sailing’, a metaphor describing smooth and easy progress in a process or activity. As Christians, we sometimes believe that this is what a life of faith means: the constant intervention of a benevolent God who, if He...

Our God Saves

Ps 68:20 says, ‘our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.’ This was the experience of the 276 men on board the ship with Paul when he was journeying to Rome following his appeal to Caesar. Encouraged and sustained by Paul’s word to...

Pulling A Quilt Over It

My two grandchildren love blankets and quilts. Neither has ever taken to dummies or sucking thumbs, so their blanket is their comfort, and (like Linus) they drag these items around the house and outdoors, given half a chance. They have blankets at my house as well as...

Review Time!

Today we had our Annual General Meeting for the financial year 1st October 2019 until 30th September 2020, a period that was quite unlike any other because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Government restrictions closed places of worship in March 2020 and from 22nd March...

Hands That Talk

J-P spoke tonight from 1 Pet 4:7-11, speaking about how we use our hands in everyday living. Our hands can be used to point something out: Sometimes we use a ‘thumbs up’ sign to indicate everything is good (or a ‘thumbs down’ sign if it’s...