The theme of our family service last night was 'a place in the Son.' Most people look forward to an annual holiday in the sun: Suntans and fine weather are often seen as prerequisites to a good holiday, and certainly, the sun is essential to life, though we often take...

Ps 133 closes with the promise that where unity is present, 'there the Lord bestows His blessing, even life evermore.' (Ps 133:3) Orchestras have to tune up before a concert, a sound that's rarely pleasant! Once the instruments are in tune with each other, however,...

Ps 133, the classic psalm on unity, uses two images to describe unity. One is the image of priestly oil (Ps 133:2), reminding us of the consecration of the priests in the Old Testament (Ex 29:7, 9). Oil is a symbol of God's presence and His Spirit and rmeinds us that...