by Julie Turner | Mar 2, 2024 | What's Happening
The World Day of Prayer locally was held yesterday (1 March) at St Peter’s Church in Barnburgh. The service was written by Palestinian Christians on the theme ‘bearing with one another in love’, and we enjoyed the percussion instruments as we sang...
by Julie Turner | Mar 1, 2024 | What's Happening
The author continues looking at household objects connected with cleansing, with today’s object the bath and today’s Bible reading Luke 7:36-47, the passage where the woman breaks open the alabaster jar of perfume to wash and anoint Jesus before the crucifixion....
by Julie Turner | Mar 1, 2024 | What's Happening
In the midst of the ongoing trials of David in the wilderness, pursued by Saul whose obsession showed no sign of abating, Jonathan comes to find David and to offer wise words of encouragement which literally give him the heart to continue. (1 Sam 23:15-18) The world...
by Julie Turner | Mar 1, 2024 | What's Happening
In Ps 27:8, David prays, ‘My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.’ Seeking God’s face is part of what sets David apart as a leader. In 1 Samuel 23, he faces tough choices: does he fight against the Philistines who are looting the threshing...
by Julie Turner | Feb 29, 2024 | What's Happening
Today’s household object is the shower and our Bible passage is Psalm 51:1-7. Just as toilets flush away our urine and faeces, so the shower is the quickest way to wash ourselves and keep our bodies clean. Psalm 51 reminds us forcefully of our need for cleansing when...
