Despite the poor weather, there was great enjoyment of craft activities at the Community Open Day today. There was a variety of activities on offer: Glass-painting (the jars hold candles to remind us 'we are the light of the world') Making key-rings: Building bodies...

Eugene Peterson makes the wise comment 'all the water in the ocean cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside; and all the trouble in the world cannot harm us unless it gains entrance to our hearts.' ('Praying With the Psalms') A wooden ship had to be made waterproof...

The Bible describes a war that goes on within our hearts, a war vividly described by Paul in Romans 7:7-24 between the 'old nature' (dominated by sinful desires which are at odds with God's ways) and the 'new nature' (which delights in God's ways.) The only way, Paul...