Newsletter August 2018
Have you noticed how often the number 40 comes up in the Bible? 40 seems to indicate a time of preparation for something. It points to another season or time which follows…
Newsletter August 2017
I have been in the garden. I have been thinking about Jesus’ stories, the ones where he sets the scene in a garden. Everything is growing in the sunshine after the rain and it feels new and fresh. Sometimes our hearts need a refresh, a restart to a better rhythm. Sometimes our imaginations need opening…
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Hilda and the Begonia
Last year we put an automatic watering system in the garden. She is called Hilda (I’ll tell you why another day). She is very, very clever and turns herself on for 20 minutes early in the morning and 20 minutes at night. Our initial hope was that she would keep the plants watered when we
Hannah’s Sacrifice
I was reading 1 Samuel 1 20-28. It was one of the readings for Mother’s Day last Sunday. Everyone always talks about Hannah’s sacrifice as it was huge! I can’t imagine having to do that. It was her husband Elkanah who not only agreed, but set the boundaries in place. It was his statement at
His consolation in our anxiety
A few years back, on a ski-ing holiday in the French Alps, I was feeling rather proud of myself, having progressed further than I had on previous years (always on the nursery slopes and the blue runs!). This year, the scenery was lovely, it spurred me on, higher and higher and onto runs I would
Tribute Acts and The Good News of Christmas.
London born singer songwriter Adele Adkins MBE has enjoyed incredible success in the popular music world in the past few years. Her three albums titled 19, 21, and 25 have been highly critically acclaimed, with the recently released, ‘25’ being incredibly well received in the US as well as the UK. This 27 year old
The Story BEHIND The Story
A friend recently told the story behind the popular ancient hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. It was originally written by Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. The story of Joseph Scriven is one of disappointment, trials