Unity in Diversity

by | May 5, 2016 | What's Happening

Paul’s discussion of the church as a body (1 Corinthians 12:12-31) reminds us that there is unity in diversity. The Godhead mirrors this perfectly; Jesus said ‘I and the Father are one’ (Jn 10:30) and prayed for His followers to know the same kind of unity (see John...

Senescence or ever-increasing glory?

by | May 5, 2016 | What's Happening

Senescence, a lovely word, comes from the Latin word senesere, meaning ‘to grow old’. It is all about our gradual deterioration as organisms: ‘the condition or process of deterioration with age or loss of a cell’s power of division and...

My yoke is easy

by | May 3, 2016 | What's Happening

In order for Thumper to venture outside safely, he had to wear a harness which was attached to a lead. (We were not at all sure it was a good idea simply to ‘let him loose’ without any means of getting him back inside!) However, the harness had to be...