Johnny and Hannah

We’ve been coming into a mini-revolution as to how Grace impacts all of our lives….. Its reaching more people in more ways than a human life could wish for….You’d almost think it’s a God-thing!! Grace continues here!
Here were a few gems that came through in Sunday life…. Genesis 22:2 followed by the words of CH [...]

here’s three to pick from!
As prescribed by one of our deacons:- Psalm 34 v 18 in The Message is just so brilliant ; -
“If you’re kicked in the gut, God will help you catch your breath”
Kenda Creasy Dean in her characteristic brillance:-
“Youth look to the church to show them something. Most of the time [...]

I have managed to tuck away a few reads recently so thought I’d share my thoughts on four books that have come my way. The first two are a couple of novels but with plenty of historical insight so you feel you have learnt something as well as enjoying a good fictional story.
The first is [...]

An odd title for a book, but then the main character feels her life is in extricably entwined with that of the figure in Great Expectations bearing that name. An unusual book, horrific in places but ultimately quite poignant, and certainly a novel that got me thinking.
The author Lloyd Jones gives no impression he is [...]

This insightful thread from Tim Keller at the EMA 2007;-
“Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the succesful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus’ costly grace.”

Integrity matters.
We expect it, want it and need it, naively perhaps, of people in all places and in all walks of life. We trust people whose words, character and actions are consistent. But why is integrity so rare?
Why does our walk not match our talk? One of the most pertinent and positive examples of [...]

In communion we are powerfully reminded that we are the atoning community of Christ in this world;- that Christ is flesh and is our flesh, and that to live is Christ means we are to live even as Christ was/is/will be atonement, so that the Body of Christ, his church, may continue the wondrous atoning [...]

I love to read about heros of the faith who have given their lives tirelessly to the cause of the gospel, and Isobel Kuhn is no exception. Her mission was to give her heart, her love and her life to the Lisu people of the Yunnan province, and although her work was hard and relentless, [...]