The Secret Place (2)

Last week, before our holiday, we had a music practice at church where we were learning the Phil Wickham song ‘The Secret Place.’ Coming back from holiday and reading Dave’s sermon notes reminded me of the absolute need for there to be no difference...

The Difference Jesus Makes

Dave spoke from Acts 4:8-14 on Sunday evening, and as we read of Peter’s amazing witness and testimony which caused the Sanhedrin to be astonished (and ‘took note that they had been with Jesus’), we see quite clearly how the power of the Holy Spirit...

Great minds…!

There is a saying ‘great minds think alike’ (with the ending ‘while fools seldom differ’…), and a recent visit to Chester Cathedral made me smile: This is another ‘alphabet of faith’, with Jesus Christ firmly at the centre (it...

Role Models

A role model is a person who leads by example, ideally someone whose lifestyle inspires us to follow in ways that will be helpful and beneficial to others. Celebrities are often perceived as role models because of the influence they have on impressionable young...

Hope and Glory

The last night of the Proms (an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts held mainly at the Royal Albert Hall in London) traditionally ends with Edward Elgar’s ‘Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1’, with ‘Land of Hope...