Christmas concert

Last night Paul Poulton and Viv Neville gave a Christmas concert at church, providing a modern musical take on traditional carols and Christmas songs.In the band with Paul were bass player Ross Lander (from Huddersfield) and Aron Bicskey (from Hungary) on drums, with...

Earthly citizenship

Romans 13 has a lot to say about how we should live on earth. Romans 13:1-5 looks at ‘submission to governing authorities’ and has been the subject of much debate over the years. The letter to the Romans was probably written in the mid 50s and corresponds...

Updates

We had a birthday last Sunday to celebrate.We have a busy weekend coming up.Saturday 17th DecemberThe coffee morning will be run as usual in the morning from 10 a.m. until 12 noon.Then in the evening at 7.30 p.m., we have a Christmas concert given by Paul Poulton and...

Utopia or reality?

As a linguist, I would love to invent a new word. Imagine having your own word in the dictionary! ‘Utopia’ was a book written by Thomas More in 1516, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional...

…and arrival…

From there he shall come to judge the quick and the deadThe Bible makes it clear that the Ascension of Christ is linked also to His coming again, to His return to earth. The angels who spoke to the disciples after the ascension said, “This same Jesus, who has been...