It seems I can't escape building work anywhere... my house is still in utter chaos and now the builders have been working at church to brick up various doors and windows and do all kinds of jobs which were previously unfinished.These were our willing workers:Bricking...

"The plenitude of God, not the penury of the human condition, undergirds intercession." (Eugene Peterson)Have you ever finished praying and felt worse than when you started?! There have been times when I've been praying for someone, either personally or corporately,...

We generally don't like things to be broken. Something that's broken is useless, unfit for purpose, no longer useful, redundant, obsolete. Fit only to be thrown out.I can remember my son, years ago, throwing a toy in a temper tantrum and the toy breaking. He was...