Easter Fun Day

Yesterday we hosted the ‘Churches Together’ Easter Fun Day, which looked at the message of Easter through stories, crafts and games. Setting up beforehand: We had help from many volunteers from different churches and from the Family Centre: We enjoyed a...

Mess

I’ve just had to have a wall in my house replastered because cracks appeared in it after wood was burned in the fireplace next door during building renovations there. All the old plaster had to come off before new plaster could be applied, a dusty, messy...

Catalysts and choices

A catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected or changed. One example of this is the catalytic convertor in a car which contains the catalyst platinum which changes carbon monoxide (which is toxic) into carbon...

Empty Wrappers (2)

We can be guilty sometimes of viewing faith as something entirely personal, based on feelings, but Christianity is rooted in historical fact and in a historical person. The life and death of Jesus Christ are facts which are central to our faith and Paul made it clear...

Empty Wrappers

One of Garry’s pet hates is coming to a tin of chocolates expecting to find chocolates and only finding empty wrappers in the tin… The sense of disappointment and anticlimax is intense when that happens! In Mark 15:42-46, we read of the burial of Jesus,...