A Willing Spirit

As the days in lockdown continue with few clear signs of how this period will end or how any kind of normality can be resumed in times of pandemic, it’s easy to lose heart, to feel overwhelmed and to simply want to give up. Most of us can cope with stress and...

Trust In God

Stephen spoke tonight about trust, asking us the question ‘What are we putting our confidence in?’ At the moment, we are urged to put our trust in hand sanitizer, in washing our hands for 20 seconds, in social distancing and in isolation, not to mention in...

Sabbath

Garry spoke this morning from Isaiah 56:1-8 on the subject of ‘Sabbath’. Isaiah addresses three kinds of people in these verses: the people of the covenant (Israel), those who were considered imperfect in some way or other which prevented them from gaining...

Helplessness

It’s the weekend again, another Saturday in lockdown. We reach the weekend and think, ‘so what?’ For many of us, the days are all beginning to blur into one and it’s like living through ‘Groundhog Day’ yet again. Another day when...

Memorial Stones

I have been thinking a lot about memorial stones lately, partly following the death of my father. I’m not a sentimental person and the plethora of headstones and markers found in cemeteries don’t really do much for me, but there is a need in most of us to...