Coping with loneliness

Loneliness is not a subject we often like to talk about in church, perhaps because the focus there is so often on being part of God’s family and on the fellowship we share with  God. How can anyone feel lonely when they are surrounded by people and when we are...

Loneliness

Stephen spoke this morning on the subject of loneliness, asking if it is possible for Christians to feel lonely and if Jesus ever felt lonely. Certainly when He was on the cross, Jesus expressed feelings of abandonment and rejection (asking why God had forsaken him),...

Confession

The penitential psalms are psalms which freely confess sins. David says, ‘When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy one me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.’ (Ps 32:3-4) It is only...

Abstract sin?

Abstract art is a term used to describe art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality, but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Post Impressionist artists like Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat,...