At the moment we have some builders making a couple of relatively minor alterations to our home. The surprise is of course, that however good and efficient the builders are, the mess seems immeasurable! Tracey and I would have loved it if they builders could have simply waved a magic...

Three days into the New Year and I suspect that most of us are still keeping our New Year’s resolutions……….just!  However, the truth is that even if it’s so far, so good the probability is that we will soon be aware of our frailties. Now please don’t think I am...

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...