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Inspirational and devotional articles to encourage your readers in their faith.
- The Scriptures stress the importance of desert experiences as essential preparation for times of spiritual renewal. The desert is the place of weariness, dryness and weakness which we all go through at times. The 35th chapter of Isaiah helps us to understand such experiences, and reminds us of God’s purpose in uncertain times. A Desert...A prophet for our time of testing – Isaiah
- A friend, writing about the challenges she is facing, says: “We never cease to have invitations to trust, do we?” I tend to agree. Almost every day we face circumstances that we cannot control, and for which the only way to find peace is to trust in the loving wisdom of our faithful God. Yet...Learning to trust in times of trouble
- Editor: If you are not producing a magazine during the coronavirus outbreak, why not use one of these articles each week on your church website? Coping in the Storm From the Vicar Severed from routine and obliged to fashion new habits Psalm 34 Try a little kindness The wisdom of afternoon tea Passed On **...Looking at God (all articles) for May 2020
- ‘Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.’ (Mark 4:39). What started out for the disciples as a routine trip across the Sea of Galilee, ended up with a storm threatening to overwhelm their boat! Jesus was asleep in...Coping in the Storm
- ‘Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.’ (Mark 4:39). What started out for the disciples as a routine trip across the Sea of Galilee, ended up with a storm threatening to overwhelm their boat! Jesus was asleep in...From the Vicar
- Imagine a world where everything familiar has gone, the capital city’s most famous religious landmark has been destroyed, you have been transported to a foreign country, and have no idea when or if you will be permitted to go home. That’s roughly what happened to the Jewish people in what is called the Babylonian Captivity...Severed from routine and obliged to fashion new habits
- Amid the current coronavirus pandemic, we all live with fear and uncertainty. How do we deal with fear? ‘I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.’ (Ps 34:4). In this psalm, David expresses real fears. He was on the run from Saul, who was trying to murder him!...Psalm 34 – delivered from fear
- When TV presenter and celebrity Carolyn Flack took her life in February 2020 the world was shocked and saddened. How could someone so young, beautiful and successful do such a thing? It seems that the pressure of an impending court case, the vitriol she received online, and her own inner pain had become too much...Try a little kindness
- My wife and I were at one time missionaries with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. We joined them in 1975 after a period of training at their headquarters in London. While we were there, we met the hostess of the Mission Home, a matronly lady who had herself served overseas. She was a formidable person, but...The wisdom of afternoon tea
- The Easter message is this: death is not the end but the beginning; the natural and unavoidable end of human life. But recently I have noticed people increasingly use the phrase ‘passed on.’ Apparently, no one ‘dies’ any longer. They just ‘pass on.’ It’s our latest attempt to avoid the word ‘death.’ We don’t like...Passed On?
- Why did Jesus die? From the Vicar Psalm 22: Why have you forsaken me? Who moved the stone? Giving and receiving A Display of Power Servanthood Passionflower ** Editor: The Revd Canon Paul Hardingham considers sacrificial love. Why did Jesus die? ‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died,...Looking at God (all articles) for April 2020
- ‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’’(Billy Graham). God showed His love for us, when Jesus dealt with the problem of our sin on the cross. ‘He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so...Why did Jesus die?