When I was a child, I was encouraged to 'say grace' before a meal, a short prayer of thanksgiving for the food on the table. I found this odd, as I could not see how God had provided the meal when I'd watched my father go shopping for the provisions and my mother cook...

Some clothes are very tight-fitting; others are made from fabrics which have more 'give' or 'stretch in them. The difference in such clothes is often down to the cut of the material and the actual fabric itself. Some fabrics are more stretchy or elastic than others....

Stephen spoke this evening about God's wonderful provision. So often in life we run out of things (food, money, things to watch on TV, friends, to name but a few!), and our reaction to that situation is often to moan, just as the Israelites did during their wilderness...