VIP – The Journey
What do you pack for a journey? For me, the first thing I grab is that black bag you may see me carrying around. Inside is everything I would want to have to hand. My...
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What Is Your Gift?
My Saturday nights have been invaded by glitter and ballroom recently. Outvoted three to one, I have to surrender to the fact that Strictly Come Dancing will be part of my life. All the stars...
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Church – Thyatira – Follow Jesus Not The World
Revelation 2: 18-29 “I know that there is pain, but you hold on for one more day and break free the chains…” A 1990s classic song brings those words of wisdom into my mind as...
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Church – Pergamum – A New Name
Giant man-bats with blue skin were the astonishing sights witnessed by John Herschel, an eminent British astronomer, when, in 1835, he pointed a powerful telescope towards the Moon. That was the news digested by the...
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Church – Smyrna – In The Highs And Lows
Revelation 2: 8-11 In our series of looking at what church could be, we reach the church of Smyrna. The Church in Smyrna doesn’t get told what they are doing wrong but instead receives a...
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Church – Ephesus – Making The Main Thing The Main Thing
Revelation 2: 1-7 As we move on from what it means to be a community walking towards Jesus together we start our new series. In the run-up to Advent, we are looking at the churches...
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Community – To Be Attractive
Matthew 28:16-20 Attractive: – adjective. Pleasing or appealing to the senses. “An attractive village”. Having qualities or features which arouse interest. We are in our final week in our series looking at what is it...
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Community – To Be Forgiven
Matthew 18: 21-35 Uncle Ben tells Peter Parker, “with great power comes great responsibility.” So often with blessings and gifts comes the need to respond. Two thousand years before the Spider Man film that quote...
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Community – To Be Discipled
1 Timothy 6.11-16 Paul looks out for Timothy in this week’s readings. A newer follower of Jesus being mentored by someone who has been that route before. In the Gospel, Jesus speaks of challenging one...