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As we consider 2024 stretching ahead: Hope means expectancy when things are otherwise hopeless. – G K Chesterton When you flee from temptation, be sure not to leave a forwarding address. – Anon  The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish. – Max Lucado There are no short...

With Christmas in mind… For history the really strong argument in favour of the virgin birth is the difficulty of accounting for the story otherwise than on the assumption of its truth. – H R Mackintosh  At Christmas, play and make good cheer; for Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser Christ veiled...

Editor:  As we remember All Saints Day, here are some observations on the Christian life Dwight L. Moody is quoted as saying that out of 100 people, one will read the Bible and the other 99 will read the Christian. The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably...

 Thoughts on our Christian pilgrimage… Exercise daily – walk with the Lord. – Anon We don’t change God’s message – His message changes us. – Anon Whatever we part with for God’s sake shall be made up to us in kind or kindness.  – Matthew Henry Affliction is God’s shepherd dog to drive us back...

September brings a return to work and school.  With this in mind… Arouse yourself, gird your loins, put aside idleness, grasp the nettle, and do some hard work. – St Bernard of Clairvaux O Lord, let us not live to be useless, for Christ’s sake. – John Wesley Only the educated are free. – Epictetus...

** Editor:  Musings on the Christian walk Make sure it is God’s trumpet you are blowing – if it is only yours it won’t wake the dead, it will simply disturb the neighbours. – W Ian Thomas God does not keep office hours. –  A W Tozer When considering your future:  give God what’s right...

Observations on our Christian faith… Observations on church life…. Observations on life ** Observations on our Christian faith… God made the country, and man made the town. – William Cowper  What your heart possesses, your life expresses. – Anon Prayer is the original wireless communication. – Anon Beauty is the gift of God. – Aristotle...

Observations on our Christian pilgrimage… Miscellaneous observations on life… ** Observations on our Christian pilgrimage… Have you ever noticed the difference in the Christian life between work and fruit? A machine can do work; only life can bear fruit. – Andrew Murray We can do more good by being good, than in any other way....

With Pentecost coming this month..: Before Pentecost the disciples found it hard to do easy things; after Pentecost, they found it easy to do hard things. – AJ Gordon The fruit of the Spirit is not excitement or orthodoxy: it is character. – GB Duncan ** With the Local Elections in mind this month: If...

With Holy Week and Easter in mind… The death of Christ was the most dreadful blow ever given to the empire of darkness.  – William Plumer The world cannot bury Christ. The earth is not deep enough for His tomb, the clouds are not wide enough for His winding-sheet. – E Thomson The best news...

Editor:  With the patron saints of Wales (David) and Ireland (Patrick) in mind….  Be joyful, and keep your faith and your creed. Do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about. I will walk the path that our fathers have trod before us. –  St David I bind unto myself today...

With Valentine’s Day and love in mind…. Here’s to love – the only fire for which there is no insurance. – Anon There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. – Martin Luther ** A wider consideration of Love… Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,...