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I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. How the mighty have fallen!  2 Samuel 1:26 A lament is a passionate expression of grief, a heartfelt cry of sadness. Here David, who composed some of the most memorable...

A man asked a friend about the two greatest problems in the world. The friend responded, ‘I don’t know and I don’t care!’ ‘You got them both!’ the man replied. Psalm 121 presents a God who both knows and cares about our problems. As the first Song of Ascent (Psalms 120-134), it was used by...

A woman had recently become a Christian and been baptised.  Curious, one of her colleagues at work asked her what it was like to be a Christian. The woman was caught off guard and didn’t know how to answer.  Then she saw the office ‘jack-o’-lantern’ on a nearby desk and blurted: ‘Well, it’s like being...

Halloween is the month of ghosts and witches and evil spirits.  Have you ever wondered where evil spirits come from, and how we are to view the unseen world of evil and occultism? The Bible tells us that evil spirits come from the created angelic order.  They were not created as evil beings, for all...

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and live [walk] a life of love…, Ephesians 5:1 Walking is one of Paul’s favourite images to describe the Christian life.  In Ephesians Paul uses it to describe our transformation from walking ‘in transgressions and sins’ to walking in ‘good works, which God prepared in advance for...

  We’ve recently mourned the death of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. So it is a good time to remember another African American song-writer, Charles Tindley. He not only used his gift to give voice to thousands of people struggling with pain and rejection, he also gave them good reason for hope – in...

Ever wonder what God does up there in heaven?  Some of us imagine God the Father resting on a great gold throne, surrounded by angels dressed in white, eternally playing on harps.  And beyond them are millions of people, standing about.  After all, as one hymn (Jerusalem, my happy home) puts it:  where ‘congregations ne’er...

When you are hurt and in need, to whom do you go? If you are blessed, you will know someone who is full of kindness and sympathy, and to whom you can turn with your troubles. It seems that Joseph (Gen.40) in the Bible was like that.  He was in an Egyptian prison, his feet...

Back to School – and daily life From the Vicar – Back to school We are like the Thai boys trapped in the cave Psalm 8 – and the wonders of Creation THE WAY I SEE IT: What is ‘health’? Start with what you have, and don’t worry about what you don’t have ** Editor: ...

‘Most Christians don’t really believe that the ordinary things they do every day have anything much to do with God’s purposes in time and eternity. But the reality is that God can and does work through His people… among the people they naturally meet, doing the things they normally do.’ (Mark Greene). September is the...

September is the time when we get back to our normal routines after the summer break. It’s a good opportunity to ask how God wants us to make a difference in our workplace, school, family or with friends. Paul writes: ‘And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name...

The dramatic rescue of the boys trapped deep inside a cave in Thailand has been an inspiration around the world. That all of them could be brought out alive seemed almost beyond belief, yet because of the bravery, skill and ingenuity of their rescuers it happened. One news reporter spoke about their ‘salvation’, and it...