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Inspirational and devotional articles to encourage your readers in their faith.
- Have you ever stopped to think that your mobile phone and emails have not given you more time? Just more things to do in the same amount of time. We leave our messages in one place while we take our bodies elsewhere. Instead of doing one thing after another, we shoot out a variety of...Do your days rush by at a hectic pace?
- Sometimes we can be inclined to give and give and give to others – without asking anything in return. We may think that this is a sign of generosity – of great strength. But it can also be one of pride – we want to be seen as the one who does not need help....It is not enough to love – you need to be loved
- G – God R – Ran A – Alongside C – Carrying E – EverythingIt’s all in the spelling…
- Do you ever worry that your past failings mean that God will not accept you now? Some of us have done many things which we regret, things that have caused us, or others, great pain. We’ve given our children short shrift, we’ve betrayed our marriage partners, we’ve been dishonest at work, we’ve been ruthlessly greedy...Have you done something which haunts you?
- Epiphany for today From the Vicar Overcoming Disappointment Where do we go from here? How many more waves? Struggling towards relinquishment (Part Three) ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham finds the wise men’s gifts to be of help to us now. Epiphany for today This month we celebrate Epiphany, when we remember the Magi from the...Looking at God (all articles) for January 2021
- This month we celebrate Epiphany, when we remember the Magi from the East who followed a star to find the baby Jesus: ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?’ (Matthew 2:1). At the start of a New Year, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, are we asking the same question?...Epiphany for today
- This month we celebrate Epiphany, when we remember the Magi from the East who followed a star to find the baby Jesus: ‘Where is He?’ (Matthew 2:1). At the start of a New Year, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic are we asking the same question? The gifts they offered show us how we can...From the Vicar
- ‘We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.’ (Martin Luther King, Jr). During this current pandemic, one of the dominant emotions is disappointment. It comes out of our expectations of life, even as people of faith. The life story that we adopt for ourselves is that life should be long and healthy; we...Overcoming disappointment
- Perhaps this was a question the Wise Men asked after seeing the infant Jesus. They had come from a distant land to Jerusalem. They had followed a star and expected to see a royal child. Now in Bethlehem, they saw things differently. No doubt, Mary and Joseph shared with these men their recent experiences and...Where do we go from here?
- As the days are dark, and winter still stretches ahead, many of us find the prospect of more restrictions for months to come even harder than when we first went into lockdown. After nine months of coronavirus, we are emotionally drained. We are financially drained. We are lonely, depressed, frightened, and facing deep uncertainty, from...How many more waves?
- During lockdown the little Methodist chapel to which Pen and I belong has been refurbished. After the builders left, we started putting things straight, and were stunned to realise how much stuff we had. Old hymns books. A broken communion set. Paper and defunct pens, stickers and dried glue from Messy Church. Wonky plastic chairs. A...Struggling towards relinquishment (Part Three)
- The Story is still the same! From the Vicar Christmas can’t come too early Hope amid uncertainty Journeys or lockdown this Christmas? What Mary taught me Reflected Faith Series: Grace for all Christmas: Celebrating the Incarnation ** Editor: by Canon Paul Hardingham. The Story is still the same! ‘Christmas may look different, but the story...Looking at God (all articles) for December 2020