Wedding Preparations

Song of Songs 3:6-11 speaks of wedding preparations. I spent from July 2014 to September 2015 involved in the wedding preparations of my son and his fiancée. On the agenda included venues and menus, table decorations, reception room decorations, photographs, music...

The Cult of Competence

Our society values competence. It’s an essential requirement of every job description. It’s what makes life function. Without competence we’re ignorant buffoons, bumbling around Laurel-and-Hardy style, and while slapstick may be a valid comedy form,...

Dates for the diary

There is a consultation meeting on Saturday 30th January from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army. This meeting is entitled ‘Dreams For Goldthorpe’ and is organised by a group of architecture students from Sheffield University who have been learning...

Yield Year

Mark spoke this evening about how we are praying for and expecting 2016 to be a ‘yield year.’ There is a two-fold meaning to this word, meaning to give way or surrender  and also to gather in a harvest. Surrender 1 Chron 29:7-8 talks about yielding to God...