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Some observations on Christmas … Some thoughts to ponder at this ‘giving’ time of the year…  **  Some observations on Christmas … I heard the bells on Christmas Day their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, goodwill to men! –  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  If Jesus were...

With our Christian pilgrimage in mind… With politics and the economy in mind… With war and Remembrance in mind… Miscellaneous observations on daily life ** With our Christian pilgrimage in mind…  Sometimes people think of church as being like a giant helicopter. They don’t want to get too close in case they get sucked into...

With Bible Sunday (23rd October) in mind … If you wish to know God, you must know His Word. – C H Spurgeon The Bible is meant to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions. – Unknown All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. – Abraham Lincoln...

 Observations on our Christian faith Observations on daily life **  Observations on our Christian faith To pray is to lie in the sunshine of God’s grace. – Ole Hallesby Prayer is the breath of the new-born soul, and there can be no Christian life without it. – Rowland Hill Freedom comes by filling your mind...

August is music festival time.  With that in mind… Music is one of the greatest gifts that God has given us: it is divine and therefore Satan is its enemy. For with its aid many dire temptations are overcome; the devil does not stay where music is. – Martin Luther Martin Luther… like Wesley, Rowland...

Miscellaneous observations on our faith… Before we can pray, ‘Thy kingdom come’, we must be willing to pray, ‘My kingdom go’. – Alan Redpath Practice is the soul of knowledge.  –Thomas Adams Let us beware of feeling that unless we personally are up and doing, the Lord is not at work.  – John Blanchard  Never...

** With Pentecost in mind:  He who does not know God the Holy Spirit cannot know God at all. – Thomas Arnold To the one who remembers the Spirit there is always a way out, even in the wilderness with the devil. – Herbert Brokering  The Holy Spirit … writes His own gospel and He...

Miscellaneous observations on our Christian pilgrimage Miscellaneous observations on life ** Miscellaneous observations on our Christian pilgrimage It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. – C H Spurgeon Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. – C H Spurgeon Comfortable truth isn’t....

Editor:  looking forward through Lent to Palm Sunday and Easter … Good Friday, in a way…is not Good Friday at all. It is Black Friday – a very Black Friday. It is Good Friday only in the sense that we know Easter will follow.  – J E Lantz He has outsoared the shadow of our...

Editor:  With Lent in mind, we offer quotes that focus on contemplation, prayer, and self-assessment. The need of the world is to listen to God. – Albert Einstein A religion that does not begin with repentance is certain to end there – perhaps too late. – Anon  Time spent on the knees in prayer will...

Editor:  As we prepare for Lent, we consider the disciplines of contemplation, prayer, and self-assessment. The need of the world is to listen to God. – Albert Einstein A religion that does not begin with repentance is certain to end there, perhaps too late.  – Anon You cannot starve a man who is feeding on...

Bible verses of hope as a New Year begins Since Covid Don’t be afraid of loneliness Value your relationships Why care for the poor? Various reflections on God’s grace for the New Year Various reflections on daily life ** Bible verses of hope as a New Year begins You are a new creation:  Therefore, if...