by Julie Turner | Mar 8, 2017 | What's Happening
A sloth is a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws. Flanders and Swann wrote a wonderful song about the sloth which says, ‘A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I, I live a life of ease...
by Julie Turner | Mar 7, 2017 | What's Happening
I hate gardening with a passion, though I do love to look at other people’s gardens. The reason I dislike gardening so much is fundamentally because I am lazy and it is hard work. Weeding is one job I particularly dislike, since weeds seem to grow so much more quickly...
by Julie Turner | Mar 6, 2017 | What's Happening
Lust is another of the seven deadly sins which can easily ensnare our hearts. Lust is usually associated with sexual sins, though it is actually defined as an ‘intense desire’ for something, which can, of course, refer to other things (such as a lust for power or...
by Julie Turner | Mar 5, 2017 | What's Happening
God does not change (Ps 55:19, Mal 3:6). This is tremendously reassuring to us. James reminds us that He is not like the shifting shadows, but is a reliable, generous, faithful God. (James 1:17) Heb 13:8 reminds us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and...
by Julie Turner | Mar 5, 2017 | What's Happening
We had a difficult quiz tonight at the family service when we had to identify foods that had decayed over time. It’s surprising how different things look when they have deteriorated through time…. This… … used to look like this: Who could guess...
by Julie Turner | Mar 5, 2017 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service looked at the idea of times and seasons. Bob Dylan’s song ‘The Times, They Are A’Changin”, looks at changing circumstances, fortunes, political process, ways of doing things and a change of order; one thing is...
