by Julie Turner | May 7, 2017 | What's Happening
Loneliness is not a subject we often like to talk about in church, perhaps because the focus there is so often on being part of God’s family and on the fellowship we share with God. How can anyone feel lonely when they are surrounded by people and when we are...
by Julie Turner | May 7, 2017 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke this morning on the subject of loneliness, asking if it is possible for Christians to feel lonely and if Jesus ever felt lonely. Certainly when He was on the cross, Jesus expressed feelings of abandonment and rejection (asking why God had forsaken him),...
by Julie Turner | May 4, 2017 | What's Happening
The penitential psalms are psalms which freely confess sins. David says, ‘When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy one me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.’ (Ps 32:3-4) It is only...
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...
