by Julie Turner | Mar 19, 2022 | What's Happening
What are you hoping for? Have your hopes been dashed? ‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick’, we are told in Proverbs 13:12, and most of us have had many of our hopes, plans and dreams crushed in the past two years. Weddings have been postponed or taken place with only...
by Julie Turner | Mar 18, 2022 | What's Happening
In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he speaks of ‘your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.’ (1 Thess 1:3) Endurance doesn’t always get a good press these days; it has a dour,...
by Julie Turner | Mar 18, 2022 | What's Happening
Grief is a strange emotion. It manifests itself in many ways, ranging from numbed shock and disbelief to resigned acceptance, from sobs that shake the whole body to a dull ache which can’t easily be identified, from the bittersweet memories that have us laughing...
by Julie Turner | Mar 17, 2022 | What's Happening
In 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, we see Paul writing about the importance of love. Hang on a minute, isn’t this week’s Lent theme ‘hoping’? Why, then, are we talking about love today? Well, in this chapter, Paul speaks primarily about love but also reminds us that there are...
by Julie Turner | Mar 16, 2022 | What's Happening
Ps 33:18-22 reminds us that the Lord’s eyes are on those who fear Him and hope in His steadfast love. The whole psalm is a powerful reminder of all that God has done for us and acts as a spur to praise (going back to basics, so to speak, in looking at God’s hand in...
