Today has been a day for celebrating the diversity and variety of people's creative talents. At the Furlong Road Methodist Church's day of prayer, the focus was on Advent, looking at different Biblical passages and meditating on these at different 'stations' of...

In 1 Cor 16:5-12, Paul discusses his plans with the Corinthians, plans which included overseeing the administration of the collection they were making for the church in Jerusalem. It’s clear from 2 Corinthians that these plans didn’t work out exactly as he...

Giving to help the poor and needy is one of the many ways God’s love can be seen in action. Both John and James make the point that an invisible God only becomes visible to the world when it sees love in action (see James 2:15-16, 1 Jn 3:17-18). Some people, however,...