by Julie Turner | Jan 10, 2021 | What's Happening
Ps 112 is a wonderful psalm which speaks into our current situation where we feel uncertain, afraid and anxious because of the constant barrage of bad news we face each day. It starts with praise (‘Hallelujah’) and as Ps 89:15 reminds us, we are blessed...
by Julie Turner | Jan 10, 2021 | What's Happening
Tonight we celebrated ‘Plough Sunday’, looking at the world of work through the eyes of our congregation. Work is God’s idea. In itself, it’s not sinful; we were created to work: ‘The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and...
by Julie Turner | Jan 10, 2021 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Romans 5:6-11, reminding us that we are the cause Jesus thought it was worth dying for. Sometimes we see that people are willing to die for a cause (e.g. suicide bombers and even martyrs for Christ) and people can be willing to die for a...
by Julie Turner | Jan 8, 2021 | What's Happening
I am interested by our reactions to lockdown, by the psychological impact this has on us. This is not the place to discuss the morality or efficacy (or otherwise) of lockdowns, but I am intrigued by our reactions because they seem to me to centre on one common theme:...
by Julie Turner | Jan 8, 2021 | What's Happening
Are you a morning person, raring to go first thing? Or are you a night owl, energised as the rest of the world heads for bed? It’s always interesting to see people in the morning: some are bleary-eyed and grumpy, taking ages to come round; others are bright-eyed...
by Julie Turner | Jan 8, 2021 | What's Happening
Many of us feel that what God requires from us is impossible. To Abram, God’s requirement was to ‘walk before me faithfully and be blameless.’ (Gen 17:1) Micah summarised God’s requirements for all people: ‘to act justly and to love mercy...
