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I am taking up the challenge to read a gospel a month and wondered if there were others out there who would like to join me. My aim is to…

When the weather changes to beyond warm it can be hard to concentrate on little else and keeping cool becomes the object of the day. The recent hot spell we…

(based on 1 Cor 13 and Col 3:12-14) Where there is no love: Speaking well in one or a dozen languages is just noise. Having prophetic wisdom and knowledge is…

For many of us reality TV and talent shows fill out our viewing diet. I’m not averse to some pop-diva-wannabes vying for record-deal supremacy, but when it comes to kicking…

Last week I discovered a whole host of Japanese words that have no literal English translation but instead describe a certain event or specific feeling. A few of my favourites…

I was listening to the radio recently on the day when the death of the pioneering radio presenter Cliff Michelmore was announced. They played a recording of a broadcast he…

On Sunday evenings this month in church the theme is Patience, a ‘fruit of the Spirit’. Chaucer described patience as a conquering virtue whilst Aristotle talked of it being bitter…

What’s In It for You? You can find me most days of the week at St Peter’s Baptist Church Centre on the St Peter’s estate because that is where I…

God has been speaking very clearly to me recently. Things have happened which some people call co-incidence. However I have experienced too many to call them anything other than God-incidences.…

You are more than forgiven! 
I have not just covered your sin, I have filled you with my Spirit and given you abundant life.
 I have lavished my love upon you…

(to our Community with Love) Being a long time fan of Jane Austen I also rated the movie Clueless, based loosely on the story of Emma, with Alicia Silverstone’s portrayal…

It’s over a decade since one of our politicians said notably in a conference speech, “... the quiet man is here to stay and he's turning up the volume." He…