by Julie Turner | Aug 21, 2016 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning on gentleness and self-control, two of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). The word translated ‘gentleness’ is from the same root as that translated ‘meek’ in Matt 5:5; meekness and gentleness are synonymous and are...
by Julie Turner | Aug 21, 2016 | What's Happening
The recent Olympics in Rio have shown us great sporting highs and lows: the ecstacy of winning medals, when years of training, hard work, dedication and discipline seem to melt away in joy and the lows of missing medals, when it feels like nothing makes sense and all...
by Julie Turner | Aug 17, 2016 | What's Happening
To linger means ‘to stay in a place longer than is necessary because of a reluctance to leave.’ We usually linger in places we really like, wanting to spend more time there. Or we linger with people whose company we really enjoy because we just like being...
by Julie Turner | Aug 16, 2016 | What's Happening
Like many people, I’ve marvelled at the feats of those participating in the Olympics and have particularly enjoyed British success. Max Whitlock’s performance in the gymnastics, winning two gold medals and one bronze has been amazing (these were...
by Julie Turner | Aug 16, 2016 | What's Happening
Stephen’s sermon on our lives being ‘works in progress’ got me thinking about unfinished music. The usual reason for a piece of music being unfinished is the death of the composer; thus Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ was never completed because...
