Look up!

This morning’s sermon continued our series on the Songs of Ascent by looking at Ps 123, a short psalm that reminds us of our relationship with God as servants. Ps 121 started with us lifting our eyes to the mountains, but with Ps 123:1, our gaze is lifted even higher!...

Wake up!

When I was first saved in the 1980s, a popular worship song by David Hadden was ‘Awake, awake, O Zion.’ Its lyrics came from Isaiah 52:1-3: ‘Awake, awake, Zion,     clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendour,     Jerusalem, the...

Musings on water boilers

The water boiler at church which provides hot water for teas and coffees has been under scrutiny recently. It stopped working a few weeks ago, with the ‘ready’ red light flashing persistently but never stabilising and the water temperature never getting...

Everyday Fire

Continuing the series on ‘Everyday Church’, our everyday witness can only be done effectively if we know the fire of the Holy Spirit in our lives (see Acts 2). The disciples had been commanded by Jesus to wait in Jerusalem until they received the gift of...