How do we define joy? What do we think of when we hear the word? For some people, they may think of a perfume:Others may think of happiness, that good feeling when something goes right (your team wins at football, you go on holiday, you watch the latest Doctor Who...

It seems I can't escape building work anywhere... my house is still in utter chaos and now the builders have been working at church to brick up various doors and windows and do all kinds of jobs which were previously unfinished.These were our willing workers:Bricking...

"The plenitude of God, not the penury of the human condition, undergirds intercession." (Eugene Peterson)Have you ever finished praying and felt worse than when you started?! There have been times when I've been praying for someone, either personally or corporately,...