by Julie Turner | Dec 3, 2013 | What's Happening
I don’t know the origins of this Advent prayer, but I thought it was worth sharing:May God bless us with a restless discomfortat easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships,so that we may seek truth boldlyand love deep within our heart.May God bless...
by Julie Turner | Dec 2, 2013 | What's Happening
Mark spoke on the subject of time last night, looking first of all at the vastly popular subject of time travel. We considered various films and programmes looking at this theme, from Dr Who:to H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’ (which scared him...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2013 | What's Happening
Tonight’s family service looked at the theme of time and the quiz was all about time travel films!Some of these were from long ago:(It’s A Wonderful Life)(Dr Who)(Planet of the Apes)(Groundhog Day)(Back to the Future trilogy)(Time and Relative Dimension in...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2013 | What's Happening
Michael Card has taken the theme of the stumbling-block mentioned in Psalm 118:22 and 1 Peter 2:7-8 TNIV and written a song about it called ‘Scandalon’, the Greek word for stumbling block or rock which is a cause of stumbling. Peter applies the verse in Psalm 118:22...
by Julie Turner | Dec 1, 2013 | What's Happening
This morning we looked verse by verse at Psalm 118:1-29 TNIV, a psalm of rejoicing and victory.The psalm (Martin Luther’s favourite, apparently!) deals with important themes of thanksgiving, telling us several times (at the beginning and the end for emphasis) to...
by Julie Turner | Nov 29, 2013 | What's Happening
Yesterday was ‘Thanksgiving’ in the US, a reminder that during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens” and now celebrated on the fourth...
