Durng the First World War, there was a popular song with the lines 'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!' It tried to encourage people at a time of great anxiety and trepidation that there was no point worrying ('what's the use of...

Garry's provocative question 'Are you wearing golden handcuffs?' led to a very thought-provoking sermon tonight. In the past, farmers and hunters used monkey traps to capture monkeys, creating a hole in a gourd or coconut into which they would stuff nuts and sweets....

Eph 2:10 reminds us that we are God's handiwork, His workmanship, His creation, His 'poem', His masterpiece.   We do not work to earn God's favour, for He has lavished blessings of love, grace, mercy and kindness on us. But because He is a creative God, He has...