Igor’s 2015 adventures

Igor (our church mascot and faithful iguana friend) has been enjoying the scenery in the Yorkshire Dales! Hiding in a maze at Bolton Castle: Being found in the maze: At Richmond, advertising the ‘Influence’ church’s series on ‘Landmarks’:...

Means and ends

The Renaissance philosopher Machiavelli is said to have coined the phrase ‘the end justifies the means’, meaning by this that the way in which we do things matters less than our actual goal. If an end goal is justifiable, the argument goes, it...

Time, Manner, Place

One of the challenging things about learning a foreign language is not just assimilating new vocabulary and pronunciation, but accepting that word order and structure (syntax) will also be different. This is particularly true of German, where verbs often change...

Doing the right thing

Tonight’s Bible study looked at 1 Cor 3:12-23. Paul talks about how to build well, reminding us that the Day is coming when an assessment will be made of how we have lived. These days, performances are continually assessed at work and usually these reviews...

July prayer topic

Jesus said, ‘… you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ (Acts 1: 8) The Gospel is not just for Goldthorpe, but for the whole world. This...