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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...

With the true meaning of Christmas in mind… God did not send Christ to us; God came to us in Christ. – Don Skinner The incarnation was a historical and unrepeatable event with permanent consequences. Reigning at God’s right hand today is the man Christ Jesus, still human as well as divine, though now His...

November brings us All Saints and All Souls Day, when we remember those who have gone before us in the faith…. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. – Psalm 116:15 The Christian Church has the resurrection written all over it. – E G Robinson The Church is the...

Observations on our faith Don’t put a question mark where God puts a period. Are you wrinkled with burdens? Come to the church for a face-lift. WARNING: Exposure to the Son will prevent burning. Plan ahead — It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark. – Anon Though the Lord is out of sight, we...

Editor:   with Back to Church Sunday this month… Local churches are to be thought of not as churches of individuals, but, primarily, churches of families. – Paul Helm There is no place for any loose stone in God’s edifice. – Joseph Hall The Lord God hath given us three principal signs and marks by which...

Miscellaneous observations on life as a Christian…. Miscellaneous observations on daily life… ** Miscellaneous observations on life as a Christian…. One day we stand to lose everything – except those qualities that have eternal value.  – David Watson The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God.  And the harder we lean, the stronger...

 With the Olympics and the idea of running a course in mind… There is a way of winning by losing, a way of victory in defeat which we are going to discover.  – Laurens van der Post Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour. – Leonardo da Vinci...

Miscellaneous observations on our Christian faith With Father’s Day in mind: Miscellaneous musings on life ** Miscellaneous observations on our Christian faith Without God the world would be in a maze without a clue. – Woodrow Wilson Our ecological responsibility rests in our prior responsibility to obey our Creator. – R C Sproul The universe...

Editor:  Rogation Sunday (9th May) is about asking for God’s protection and blessing on our endeavours.  If your troubles are deep-seated or long-standing, try kneeling. – Anon Pure prayers have pure blessings. – Thomas Goodwin To spend an hour worrying on our knees is not prayer. Indeed, there are times when it is our duty,...

With Holy Week and Easter in mind….  The following quote forms the entire text of a miniature book, which was hand-set and printed in 1963 by a Doris V Welsh, a former staff member of the Newberry Library in Chicago. No information about the book can be found in the essays and sermons of a...

With Lent in mind St David and St Patrick In praise of Mothers Observations on the Christian Life Miscellaneous observations on daily life ** With Lent in mind Man, in his fallen nature, is a dissatisfied and frustrated rainbow-chaser. – Anon Whatever else is or is not true, this one thing is certain – man...

Editor:  Lent is a time for taking stock of oneself spiritually. It is a time for ‘walking in the wilderness’ in preparation for Easter.   With this in mind, we offer: The devil wrestles with God, and the field of battle is the human heart. – Fyodor Dostoevski The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie...