Resolute Commitment

“As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” (Luke 9:51) Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the day when we remember the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We read about this in...

Of Dragons And Beasts

My grandchildren are at the age when they love fairy tales with their stories of princesses, knights in shining armour and wicked witches. Disney’s version of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ has the valiant Prince Phillip battle the evil fairy Maleficent who turns into a fierce...

Wholeness, Sanity and Joy

I read a quote from Eugene Peterson this week which said, “Our worship restores us to a wholeness that keeps us sane in the midst of bedlam, joyous in the face of doom’ (‘On Living Well’), and like so many of words, that was like an arrow to my...

How To Ride The Roller-Coaster of Life

Guest speaker Joy Gascoigne spoke from the book of Philippians tonight, teaching on how to ride the roller-coaster of life. We can feel that life is very much like a roller-coaster with its slow ascents and rapid descents, but Paul (writing this letter from prison) is...

Choosing Not To Fear

Garry spoke this morning from Gen 45:21-25. Gen 45:24 gives us Joseph’s advice to his brothers, literally ‘as you travel, do not be overcome by fear.’ Perhaps his brothers thought that once Jacob was in Egypt, Joseph would take his revenge on them....