Pink Panther living

When I was at school, one of the desserts served was rice pudding, served with a dollop of strawberry jam: Most children mixed the jam into the rice pudding and ate the subsequent pink dessert which they dubbed the ‘pink panther.’ The jam sweetened the...

Best of times, worst of times

When things go well for us, our reaction is usually favourable: we enjoy celebrating; we may even remember to praise God for the good things and good times! When something bad happens, however, we are usually full of questions: ‘why has this happened to me?...

April Prayer Topic

Throughout April we’ll be praying especially for families: our own families and families of people we know. There is so much pressure on families these days: financial pressure, emotional pressure, time pressure, to name but a few. The family is God’s idea...

Dwelling in God’s House

Mark spoke about living in God’s presence this morning at Cherry Tree Court. If you want to meet someone famous, you usually have to wait for an invitation or go to a particular place where you may meet that person. God extends an open invitation to each one of...

Allusion & identity

I’m reading a book on Revelation at the moment, and in it the author is talking about the number of biblical allusions in that book. John is soaked in Scripture and it’s not really possible to read Revelation properly unless we too catch these allusions....