Giving Everything

This morning, Dave spoke from Mark 12:41-44, a brief story about the small offering put in by a widow. This widow may not have given much in financial terms, but she gave all she had. Many speak about tithing income (i.e. giving 10% of your income to God), but she...

Unfinished Projects

Children are full of great ideas that often fizzle out into nothing. Esther loves to staple papers together to make a book she is going to write. She sets off with great enthusiasm (her beginnings are very good; her illustrations apt.) But it’s rare that she makes it...

Hallelujah, Anyway

A happy day today as the new Rend Collective CD ‘Whosoever’ was finally delivered through my letterbox. The song ‘Hallelujah Anyway’ is one of those ‘even if…’ songs which mean a great deal to me. Praise is, at times, a...

New Beginnings

Tonight’s ‘Little Big Church’ looked at the topic of ‘New Beginnings’ as we prepare for the new academic year. New beginnings (for the children, starting nursery, school or going into a new class; for the adults, things like starting a...

Blessings From God

Garry continued looking at the life of Joseph today, speaking from Gen 42:25-26. Here, we see Joseph blessing his brothers by putting grain into their sacks and putting back the silver they had offered to pay for the grain. They did not expect this, but through...

Standing Firm In The Faith

It can be difficult at times for Christians to believe that our faith really matters or that God really is who He says He is, the all-powerful One who reigns over all. It can be tempting to live by our natural senses instead and to go along with the majority Western...