by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2022 | What's Happening
As the story progresses, we see that Mary (who will be the mother of Jesus) is related to Elizabeth, and so the reason for this other angelic announcement about a boy called John becomes clearer. (Luke 1) The hopelessness of Israel is about to be changed, starting...
by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2022 | What's Happening
The Gospels do not always plunge straight into the birth of Jesus, again showing us God’s preparation in giving us a Saviour. Matthew’s Gospel starts with a family tree, showing us that Jesus is connected with people right back to the first man, Adam. Luke’s Gospel...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2022 | What's Happening
My son, from a very early age, was fascinated by numbers and very able at mathematics (totally unlike his mother, whose mathematical abilities are very decidedly countable.) His mental maths is excellent and he can deal with square numbers and cubed numbers quite...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2022 | What's Happening
My granddaughters are currently very excited as they look ahead to a birthday and Christmas. They have been promised certain things (balloons, cake, presents, parties) and they talk about these things eagerly and with the confident assurance that comes from knowing...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2022 | What's Happening
God is sometimes described as ‘the hope of Israel’, ‘its Saviour in times of distress.’ (Jeremiah 14:8, see also Jeremiah 17:13). Hope can be hard to define, but Emily Dickinson said, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without...
