Embroidery & Tapestry

With the Dearne Community Arts’ Festival less than two weeks away, it’s perhaps not surprising that my thoughts are on crafty things lately like mosaics and embroidery! When I was at school, the subject I hated the most (because I was no good at it!) was...

Mosaics

I have been meditating on brokenness lately, and that usually leads me to thinking about mosaics. At the school where I work, the art teacher runs a session for pupils on mosaics, using coloured paper rather than glass or stones for the mosaics they make. I’m...

You Redeem

Aaron Shust has captured in his song ‘You Redeem’ so many of the points made in tonight’s service. ‘Poverty loses its grip. Race can no longer divide. Wherever Your Spirit is, Every darkness dies. Freedom is here with us. Burdens will fall like...

The 5Rs of Restoration

Redemption God is a God of redemption, a God who redeems. To redeem means to regain possession of something, something that you originally had and lost possession of. There’s usually a payment involved in that redemption, so redeeming also has the idea of ‘buying...

R is for Restore

In our series ‘The A-Z of Christian Faith’, looking at essential ingredients in a life of faith, we have reached the letter R. The 3Rs of the Bible – reality, relationships and rules – were considered, but the theme of tonight’s sermon...