Facts and Figures

Forgive me for hating statistics. I know they are useful at times, but as someone who struggles with numbers and who faces a week of staring at these numbers representing the sum total of people’s work over at least two years (GCSE results come out on Thursday),...

All shapes and sizes…

1 Cor 12 and Romans 12 remind us that the body of Christ is made up of different members, each individual forming an important part of the whole. People come, as they say, in all shapes and sizes. So do parsnips! This was Stephen’s first attempt at growing...

TETIC

Mark spoke tonight on ‘TETIC’ – ‘taking every thought into captivity’, based on 2 Cor 10:5. This way of thinking can transform how we live and needs to be applied to every area of our lives (friendships, marriage, work life, home life,...

Gentleness and self-control

Dave spoke this morning on gentleness and self-control, two of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). The word translated ‘gentleness’ is from the same root as that translated ‘meek’ in Matt 5:5; meekness and gentleness are synonymous and are...

Highs and lows

The recent Olympics in Rio have shown us great sporting highs and lows: the ecstacy of winning medals, when years of training, hard work, dedication and discipline seem to melt away in joy and the lows of missing medals, when it feels like nothing makes sense and all...