Joy has been defined as a calm happiness through faith in God. As a fruit of the spirit I like to think of God being a joyful God, whole...

Hebrews 12:2-3 New International Version (NIV) 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him...

Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet...

Peace from war, peace with our neighbour, peace with God, peace within ourselves are all various ways that we think of peace. Peace with...

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the...

King George VI speech 8 May 1945 on VE Day was inspirational, celebrating victory, acknowledging sacrifice, humility and thankfulness...

2 of my readings this morning were on the parable of the sower. There are seasons in life and this has been a bit of a pause and review...

we sometimes have too fixed a view about what God is or ought to be doing, also we can be trapped in the ways as to how he ought to do...

Ruth H sent me a link to this very moving piece from a hospital chaplain in East Lancs. I think it really helps to inform us for our...

This is the view from my office window at church, its the same every year the first tree buds about a month before the second. The second...

I was amazed to come across this: God can use very different circumstances to produce a purifying effect on us, it's like we need some...

I have partly been using my time to look at different Bible study material that the Church can use both now and later. One of the courses...

Nahum !:3b The clouds are the dust of his feet The weather has been amazing for this time of year, quite odd to look out and see a cloud....

Thomas led our family prayers this morning and he took us to Ps 46: 1-3 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in...

Was really good listening to other leaders at spring harvest wrestling with the issues we all face. Like everyone else we are caught up...

Hi folks as leaders we are trying to do two things. The first priority is to care for people in the church and outside it as best we can...

Hi Folks just been listening to interview with Gavin and Anne Calver (I remember listening to his Dad Clive when he was head of EA!) ....

This the day when we remember Jesus washing the disciples feet. Jn 13: 1-17. As usual they didn't get the lesson so Jesus has to spell it...

There are some remarkable stories of sacrifice that we are reading every day now as people care for and support each other. In the first...

Foe such a time as this - Esther 4:14 At leadership meeting last night we considered this verse, the God who knows all things and is able...