by Julie Turner | Nov 19, 2023 | What's Happening
3D pictures can look really effective, fooling us into believing there is a hole in the pavement when there is not, but they remind us that reality is often more complex than we like to believe. Christianity is often presented as the solution to suffering, and there...
by Julie Turner | Nov 19, 2023 | What's Happening
This morning we continued looking at God’s miraculous interventions in the book of Acts and considered Peter’s deliverance from prison (Acts 12:1-19). Like any good story, there is dramatic tension here as we find our hero in difficulties, this time in prison because...
by Julie Turner | Nov 16, 2023 | What's Happening
Envy is listed as one of the seven deadly sins and was certainly a major problem for Saul, as 1 Samuel 18 makes plain. Envy divides people. It destroys relationships, sows discord, and creates a spirit of bitterness and evil. It causes people to act and speak in toxic...
by Julie Turner | Nov 16, 2023 | What's Happening
1 Samuel 18 shows us the importance of relationships and how these affect us in our everyday lives. We see two very different relationships in this chapter: the loyalty and selflessness of true friendship in how Jonathan (son of the king, Saul) deals with David, and...
by Julie Turner | Nov 16, 2023 | What's Happening
Every day we talk to ourselves. We have an internal dialogue perfectly captured by J. R. R. Tolkin in his depiction of the character Gollum in ‘The Lord Of The Rings’. Originally known as Smeagol, he is a hobbie corrupted by the ring who is later known as...
