by Julie Turner | May 4, 2017 | What's Happening
Abstract art is a term used to describe art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality, but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Post Impressionist artists like Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat,...
by Julie Turner | Apr 30, 2017 | What's Happening
We all need goals and aims in life if we are to find purpose in what we are doing, but for so many of us, our lives are motivated simply by what feels good for us (short-term hedonistic goals). If it looks good, we do it. If it feels good, we do it. We are fed the...
by Julie Turner | Apr 30, 2017 | What's Happening
A desire to please other people seems a very Christian virtue, since serving others forms an integral part of the gospel message (see, for example, Phil 2:3-4). However, there is a difference between serving people out of love and obedience and serving them because...
by Julie Turner | Apr 30, 2017 | What's Happening
Niccoló Machiavelli was a 16th century Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer, whose name has become part of the English language; if we say someone is ‘Machiavellian’, we mean that they are scheming and devious, adept...
by Julie Turner | Apr 30, 2017 | What's Happening
Why do we do the things we do? Does it matter what motivates us? Surely if we are obeying the rules, that’s all God cares about? In our alphabet series of things essential for a life of faith, we looked at the fact that M is for Motivation. Motivation is the fuel...
by Julie Turner | Apr 30, 2017 | What's Happening
The Thurnscoe Spring Show, organised by Big Local Thurnscoe, started with a procession from Thurnscoe East down to Houghton Road Centre. It included a celebration of Thurnscoe’s mining history and also focussed on various circus and spring activities, including...
