In most circumstances, the birth of a child is cause for great joy. Amidst all the excitement and stress, there remains a spiritual quality to the experience as a new living being arrives in the world and joins his or… Continue Reading
The way in which we are spoken to can make a real difference to how we react, the way in which our relationship with that person develops. A friend was telling me the other day about fire officers coming to… Continue Reading
What’s in a name? Well quite a lot actually. Only last week, I was working with others trying to come up with a name for a new occasional time of worship for very young children. Did we call it ‘New… Continue Reading
I wonder if you were to choose 7 miracles that Jesus performed to create a permanent record to prove that he is God, which 7 you would choose. Would you choose the three times that he brought someone back to… Continue Reading
If you travel south from Nantwich on minor roads, you will come across brown tourist signs pointing you in the direction of a secret bunker. Not so secret now! In its heyday in the 1950’s, the underground complex at Hack… Continue Reading
‘Blessed’ is not a word we hear or use much. We may speak of someone being ‘fortunate’ or ‘lucky’ or even ‘loaded’. We might use the word instead of a much worse one beginning with ‘b’; ‘that blessed tap’s dripping… Continue Reading
If I was given free rein to choose a bible reading for a baptism service the passage from the Old Testament today would probably be at the top of my list. The words of God spoken through the prophet Isaiah… Continue Reading
I don’t know about you but I do love to watch Christmas films at this time of year. High up on the list has to be Love Actually where there are so many children in the school nativity play that… Continue Reading
Whilst in my old age my health is starting to fade, I knew I needed to hear my nephew Jesus preaching before I draw my final breaths. I struggled up the mountain joining the large crowd already gathered there. His… Continue Reading
What ever our experience of life, there is always particular satisfaction to be gained in a job well done. For the train driver, it will be the journey where she kept to time, pulling into each station along the route… Continue Reading