by Julie Turner | Dec 6, 2019 | What's Happening
“Are you paying attention? Then I’ll begin…” This paraphrase of the start to ‘Listen With Mother’ (a radio programme for children which ran from 1950 until 1982 which started “Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…”) reminds us that paying attention is...
by Julie Turner | Dec 5, 2019 | What's Happening
God’s promises sometimes take a long time to be fulfilled. Most of us find even the waiting days of Advent tedious and difficult; waiting is not something we find easy at any age. But Christmas reminds us that God remembers His promises and also that He has the power...
by Julie Turner | Dec 4, 2019 | What's Happening
Christmas is a vivid multi-coloured reminder to us that God cares. In the UK, Christmas comes during winter, during the dark, bleak month of December, and the vibrancy and vigour of the truth that God cares is badly needed as we struggle through the hours of darkness...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2019 | What's Happening
God is frequently described as ‘almighty’ or ‘all-powerful’ (Gen 35:11, Num 24:4, 1 Sam 17:45). There is nothing too difficult for Him. (Jer 32:17) Many times in life, we face impossible situations, but we serve a God who can part the sea, open blind eyes, cause walls...
by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2019 | What's Happening
The fact that we have a good God is a tremendous blessing. Other religions have powerful ‘gods’, but so often these ‘gods’ are capricious, wrathful and liable to harm as much as to bless. God is good and what He does is good. (Ps 119:68) This is a fundamental truth...
