by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2020 | What's Happening
Life is made up of many certainties and even more uncertainties. We are creatures who tend to prefer certainty to uncertainty, and as a result often indulge in speculation to try to move from one state to the other. Speculation is the forming of a theory or conjecture...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2020 | What's Happening
Acts 12:1-24 gives us further glimpses into the life of the early church and reminds us that this was a dangerous time to be a Christian. Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great who slaughtered the innocent boys at the time of Jesus’s birth, was no more...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2020 | What's Happening
My daily reading notes look at a passage in the Old Testament, one in the New Testament and one in Psalms or Proverbs each day. Today I was reading about the ‘stages’ on the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness. (Numbers 33) That journey took a...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2020 | What's Happening
I’ve put a notice on the church wall explaining the current situation and stressing that it’s the building which is currently closed, not the church. It’s true that now, more than ever, we need to understand that the ‘church’ is the...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2020 | What's Happening
Usually I am fortunate to sleep well; insomnia can be something very difficult to live with, leaving us weary and struggling even as the day begins. When we face difficult and stressful situations, sleep is something that can seem elusive to us as we find it difficult...
