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With Holy Week and Easter in mind… Miscellaneous observations on life And finally, some one-liners… *** With Holy Week and Easter in mind… 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 Easter is the demonstration of God that...

With Lent in mind Some miscellaneous observations on life today… ** Editor:  With Lent in mind: Faith brings a man empty to God, that he may be filled with the blessings of God. – John Calvin Faith, to put it simply, is the conviction that God does not tell lies. – Frank Retief Wherever there...

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 is not what he was meant to be. – G K Chesterton The hearer of God’s Word ought to be like those animals that...

Editor:  with paying for Christmas in mind… One advantage of being poor is that it doesn’t take much to improve your situation. It’s hard to keep up with the neighbours without falling behind with the creditors. We would be glad to pay as we go, if we could catch up paying for where we have...

With Christmas in mind… This most tremendous tale of all, Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue, A Baby in an ox’s stall. John Betjeman’s ‘Christmas’ Filling the world, He lies in a manger!  Augustine The incarnation of Christ is the clearest affirmation of the truth that man is created in the image of God.  Lawrence...

  With Remembrance Day in mind… They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. – Isaiah 2.4  Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things….  For to think them lovely means to delight in them, and...

Editor: Observations on our Christian life Affliction is God’s shepherd dog to drive us back to the fold. Courage is fear that has said its prayers. The wages of sin is death.  So, repent before payday. Exercise daily – walk with the Lord. We don’t change God’s message – His message changes us. To get...

September means back to school time…. September can also include Back to Church Sunday Harvest-time – a time for gratitude and giving Some spiritual encouragement for your readers For many people, September means going back into a challenging situation… Some miscellaneous observations on life ** September means back to school time…. Anyone who stops learning...

Living in chaos? Perhaps this summer you have temporarily escaped from a bad situation in your daily life, and are dreading going back…   There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot, from that situation, create something that is surpassingly good.  He did it at creation.  He did it at the cross.  He is doing...

Editor:  With the ending of the school year, many of us face big changes Keep praying but be thankful that God’s answers are wiser than your prayers! – William Culbertson First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus I was trained from the beginning to...

With Trinity Sunday in mind: How can God be One and Three at the same time?   Perhaps the Father is like the sun in the sky – dazzling in majesty and glory, whose light, Jesus Christ, illumines all mankind; and whose invisible warmth, the Holy Spirit, brings us to life.  Sun, light and warmth –...

30th May is Ascension Day…. Hail the day that sees him rise To his throne above the skies; Christ, a while to mortals given, Re-ascends his native heaven. Charles Wesley Astronauts sink into insignificance beside this ascension! Vance Havner Christ was taken up into heaven, not to enjoy blessed rest at a distance from us,...