by Julie Turner | Jun 27, 2021 | What's Happening
Last Sunday was Fathers’ Day and Dave spoke about the fatherhood of God, using 1 John 3:1 and 1 Cor 4:15 as the basis of his sermon. The whole topic of fatherhood has been downplayed greatly in recent years, partly perhaps as a reaction against a patriarchal...
by Julie Turner | Jun 18, 2021 | What's Happening
One of the Anglican prayers for Evensong is ‘lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord.’ It’s a prayer I often pray, rooted as it is in the imagery of light and darkness found in the Bible. Light dispels darkness; light brings illumination and...
by Julie Turner | Jun 18, 2021 | What's Happening
We started to look at the book of Jonah, reading Jonah 1:1-16. Jonah is often known as the ‘reluctant prophet’, since he initially refused to obey God’s command to go to Nineveh and preach against the city. We are not surprised by his reluctance, for...
by Julie Turner | Jun 18, 2021 | What's Happening
Our new Bible study series on three of the minor prophets – Jonah, Joel and Amos – began last night. We talked generally about the role of prophets and prophecy in the Old Testament and New Testament, and saw that prophets can be both male and female...
by Julie Turner | Jun 17, 2021 | What's Happening
Today, after a week of dazzling sunshine, it has been overcast and we have seen some rain. It makes me ponder the need for equal doses of sunshine and rain to make things grow. Both are needful; both are not equally welcomed, as a rule! When it’s cloudy,...
