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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...

In this harvest season, the created universe can inspire our worship, as it did for David: ‘Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!’ (Psalm 8:1). What did David see? ‘When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place’...

This summer we’ve been celebrating the 70th anniversary of  the National Health Service. I can recall, years ago, my GP pointing out that it was the National Health Service, not the National Illness Service. This was when our local practice changed its name from ‘Medical Centre’ to ‘Health Centre’.  It seems a pedantic point, but in...

When Jesus fed the 5,000, He did not produce the food from thin air.  Instead, He asked the disciples how many loaves of bread they already had (Mark 6:38). When they produced the five loaves and two fish, it seemed laughable.  Everyone knew that wasn’t enough.  No one thought that what they had was, in...