The Parable of the Hot Cross Buns

A few weeks ago, my 4-year-old granddaughter announced that she would like to make hot cross buns (thanks to a Cocomelon video of the song which sees a family baking…) I gathered the ingredients required and we set out one Saturday morning to make them. I soon...

Honour God In Everything

Stephen spoke tonight from Hebrews 3:1-11, starting by quoting from Richard III: ‘now is the winter of our discontent/ Made glorious summer by the sun of York.’ We may well feel that the idea of a ‘winter of discontent’ is apt for us in...

The Process of Betrayal

Garry spoke this morning about how Joseph and Jesus were both sold for silver. Selling a person seems abhorrent to us; although modern slavery still exists, it goes against all our values to see a human being sold for a price. Joseph was sold for 20 shekels of silver...

Hatred & Betrayal

Garry continued his series looking at Joseph and the parallels in his life with the life of Jesus. In Genesis 37, we see how Joseph’s brothers saw an opportunity to get rid of him. They hated him because of Jacob’s favouritism and because of the dreams...

Need To Know?

The ‘need-to-know’ basis in politics and other areas of business refers to telling someone the facts they need to know at a particular time and nothing more. In politics, civil servants often use this as their rationale for not revealing potentially incriminating...