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Inspirational and devotional articles to encourage your readers in their faith.
- Over the last few months we’ve been looking at churchyards, grave memorials and the lychgate where the coffin may be rested on its entry. This month we are going inside the church building to find a somewhat different and only really found in older churches that have survived re-ordering and renovations: the Easter Sepulchre. A...Reflecting Faith: Easter Sepulchres
- The setting for these books is Israel’s entry into the promised land after 40 years of wanderings in the wilderness. Deuteronomy gives us Moses’ addresses on the plains of Moab, as the Israelites prepare to enter Canaan. The book of Joshua recounts the crossing of the Jordan and the victories that give the people control...What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Old Testament: Deuteronomy & Joshua
- Whom did Joshua succeed as leader of Israel? Jacob Aaron Moses What was the name of Joshua’s father? Carmi Nun Eleazar To what city did Joshua send two men to spy upon? Jericho Ai Gilgal What was the name of the woman who hid the spies Joshua sent? Rachel Rahab Rebekah How many stones did...Quiz on the book of Joshua
- Prayer walking is just what it sounds. You pray as you walk. What is the point? Think of it as stepping out as God’s children, to intercede for those who are living in your community. Be intentional about praying for God’s blessings on what you see and feel. Simply praying: “Your Kingdom come, your will...Prayer Walking in our community
- Have you ever sat and watched the clouds drift by? Some of them are vast, towering up and up into the sky. There can be clouds of discouragement and suffering in our lives as well, circumstances that temporarily blot out the sunlight of God’s love for us. You may have such a cloud hanging over...Don’t be afraid of clouds
- Some children were asked: “What do you think of Jesus?” “Jesus,” said one little boy, “is the best photograph God ever had taken.”Good likeness
- Our God is able – (Daniel 3:17) able to save (Hebrews 7:25) able to help (Hebrews 2:18) able to provide (2 Corinthians 9:8) able to do far more than we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20)Our God
- Looking for the Resurrection Vicar’s letter A quiz for Easter The story behind the hymn: ‘Christ Arose!’ Reflecting Faith: Lychgates What’s the Big Idea? – An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Leviticus & Numbers Quiz on the Book of Numbers Inability does not equal inactivity Why we should be like donkeys The...Looking at God (all articles) for March 2024
- An old couple are driving down the motorway when the wife gets a call from their daughter. ‘Mum, there’s a car driving the wrong way down the motorway!’ The wife warns her husband that there is a lunatic on the motorway. Her husband, clutching the wheel in terror, replies: ‘One lunatic? There are dozens of...Looking for the Resurrection
- In the Nicene Creed we say ‘We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.’ In the gospel accounts of the resurrection there is a lot of looking and seeing. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome went early to the tomb. They saw the stone...Vicar’s letter
- This Easter marks the 150th birthday of this much-loved hymn, sung each year by millions of Christians worldwide. It all began on a little pump organ in the living room of a college professor in Pennsylvania, back in 1874. Robert Lowry was professor of literature at Bucknell University, and pastor of a nearby church. He...The story behind the hymn: ‘Christ Arose!’
- Are you a pet-lover? Many people own a dog, a cat or a budgie, but most of us don’t own a donkey! Yet in Bible times, donkeys were essential to daily life. They did everything from helping to grind corn, to ploughing, to carrying people, to transporting their belongings. Despite their small frame, donkeys are...Why we should be like donkeys