Walk Among The Wildflowers

During the first lockdown of 2020, we often used to walk in Howell Woods and were blessed to see all the wildflowers growing there, especially the bluebells in May. I particularly like the random nature of wildflowers, how they just seem to spring up in different...

Don’t Worry

The command ‘do not worry’ (Matt 6:25) is very direct and specific. Worry is defined as feeling anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems. We human beings are very good at worrying. It’s probably the default mode for many people, and largely arises...

The Wonders of a Cooking Pot

This morning at our morning service, we were privileged to hear about the charity Africa’s Gift.  Ken Dunn, former deputy headteacher of a Sheffield school, set up this charity some years ago and now works in many countries in Africa, including Lesotho, South...

Africa’s Gift

Ken Dunn from the charity Africa’s Gift will be speaking at GPCC on Sunday 30th January at the 10.30 a.m. service. Africa’s Gift supports largely rural communities in southern Africa (principally Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi) and Uganda,...

The Power of Allusion

An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar. As a literary device, allusion allows a writer to compress a great deal of meaning and significance into a word...