The week before last, Tracey and I had seven days away in the Lake District. Due to the horrendous weather, we spent much of the time we had in café’s and coffee shops, rather than up on the hills. As you can imagine, the streets were festooned with lights and...

I made what may sound like a strange decision some years ago. That was to intentionally and frequently use everyday superlatives in order to both explain the Gospel and express my delight in the Gospel. My rationale was simple, that for some reason Christians seemed to use a select few...

A report was released this week by Credit Suisse highlighting the growing gulf between the world’s richest and poorest. One stark fact revealed, was that the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population now have more wealth than the sum of the rest. Whether you or I are part of that...

My heart was stirred this week while reading in the café of a local supermarket (I do work in some strange places). Therefore, in light of Karen starting as our youth worker this week, I felt it right to share with you the following. David says (or even sings)….. ‘Great...

This morning, rather than simply commenting upon a few words of Scripture, I want to encourage you to allow Scripture to speak for itself. Furthermore and most importantly, I want to encourage you to allow Scripture to speak to your own heart. It appears that when writing his letter to...

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been slowly thumbing my way through what has become my most loved Gospel. Reading through John’s account of the life of Jesus, I have been struck by Jesus’ emphasis on ‘joy’. With his crucifixion only days away, Jesus encourages his disciples to...

I read this morning a most striking passage in John’s Gospel. In chapter 9, Jesus’ disciples pointed out a blind man and then asked a question, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind?” Jesus replied, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned but this...

I have continued to reflect this week on some of the things I shared last Sunday, when I spoke about ‘the joy of the Lord’. Here then are two brief things to consider. Firstly, ‘the joy of the Lord’ is not an additional extra to your salvation, nor is it...

Some time on Tuesday afternoon. This morning I hit what I hope was my all-time low in terms of Do It Yourself stupidity. Having successfully changed the belt on the vacuum cleaner, I endeavoured to use the newly refurbished machine to clean up my mess. In doing so however, I...

Please don’t stop reading if you have little or no interest in football, because I want to speak about much, much more than the ‘beautiful game’! I would be surprised if you had failed to notice that this weekend marks the start of the new football season. Over the years,...