by Julie Turner | Oct 9, 2013 | What's Happening
This little gem is something I still wrestle with on an almost daily basis. I have come to see that worry is a waste of time. Jesus clearly teaches this in Matthew 6:25-34 TNIV, yet I so often need reminding of this fact. Worry doesn’t achieve anything. It doesn’t add...
by Julie Turner | Oct 8, 2013 | What's Happening
There is a song on the new Matt Redman album ‘Your Grace Finds Me’ which, when I heard it for the first time, reminded me of Joan. Joan is always enthusiastic in worship and often can’t contain her joy when God does something good, shouting...
by Julie Turner | Oct 8, 2013 | What's Happening
When I first became a Christian, I read C. S. Lewis’s books ‘Mere Christianity’ and ‘Miracles’. In the latter, Lewis argues that before one can learn from the study of history whether or not any miracles have ever occurred, one must first settle the philosophical...
by Julie Turner | Oct 7, 2013 | What's Happening
This nugget is one you’re all probably sick and tired of me going on about. I have probably blogged on the topic of surrender more than any other subject (see below). However, I’ve found over the years that whilst it’s easy enough to understand what is meant by...
by Julie Turner | Oct 6, 2013 | What's Happening
At the family service, we looked at the theme of ‘passing on the baton’, subtitled ‘passing on truth in every generation and to every generation.’ We looked at Moses’s words to the people of Israel: We also looked at his advice to the...
by Julie Turner | Oct 6, 2013 | What's Happening
Passing on the baton was the theme of tonight’s family service. We had a game which involved finding a number of batons hidden in the community room: Then we had a game of ‘pass the baton’ (think ‘pass the parcel’ with batons…!)...
