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If you look at the picture at the head of this blog, the horse is pulling the cart. Good. Because as we all know, putting the cart in front of the horse doesn’t work. But, how often do we Christians try putting the cart before the horse? So what’s all this about? I was lookingContinue reading “Carts and horses”

I have been reading through the gospel of John, and there are some lovely moments in it. I love the way Jesus heals on the Sabbath, like He hadn’t noticed. “Sabbath? Really? I hadn’t clocked that. Ah well, I’ve healed the man now. Can’t really un-heal him and then heal him again at the startContinue reading “A week later”

Ever been late? Late for a bus or train; late for a meeting, getting the kids to school, meeting a friend? How many of these emotions do you recognise as part of being late: anxiety, fear, regret, worry, panic, embarrassment. Sometimes we are late and it’s not our fault and there’s nothing we can doContinue reading “Lord, if only you had been here….”

Have you ever felt stuck? Are there times when things in your relationship with God feel stale, or even stagnant? There was a time when you knew Life and now things just feel a bit flat. At times like that we can just withdraw a bit, hunker down and hope that sometime soon God willContinue reading “As You Go”

Yep. That’s right. We’re talking Cows. Fat cows, crated cows and free cows. So here goes…. But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. Malachi 4v2 The first thing to doContinue reading “Cows”

How many of us when we read that question start running a quick internal check of how we are doing at “being a Christian”? Am I behaving nicely? Am I up to date with the things a Christian is expected to do? I’ve heard people say “I’m not a very good Christian” or “I tryContinue reading “Am I a good Christian?”

The present situation in which we find ourselves, partially locked down again with possibly more to come, freedoms lost, normal life horribly circumscribed, uncertainty, confusion and fear all around – all this can leave us with a swirl of negative emotions. Anger, disappointment, hurt, frustration and fear, just to name a few – and IContinue reading “Time to fight back”

Last week I was explaining to a 6 year old boy what life was like before we had mobile telephones. How we would use the house phone if we had one, or go down the street to use the phone box. (Showing my age now….but I remember going into phone boxes and pressing Button BContinue reading “I haven’t been this way before….”

The picture is of the ridge of the mountain chain called the Cuillin, on the Isle of Skye. It’s one of those mountain ridges that is clearly defined, often no more than 18inches wide with the mountain sides falling steeply away on each side. The ridge joins up a series of nearly 30 mountain summitsContinue reading “Walking the ridge – with Joseph”

When the first English settlers arrived in America, they established a small Fort, right where they landed. Later on it developed into a town called Jamestown. Things did not go brilliantly for them. The water supply was a bit salty, they struggled to provide food for themselves and there were many problems. Some did notContinue reading “We are saved through His life [in us]”

Someone mysterious had a master plan. To infect as much of the human race as possible. A handful of people were infected and allowed to move freely. At first they just stayed in their own city, but the infection spread like wildfire through their small country. Then they, and others carrying the infection, travelled toContinue reading “Infection Control”

In Matthew’s gospel Jesus talks about us being salt and light, about not hiding our light from others. We are to let our light shine before others so that they may see our good deeds and glorify our Father in heaven. (Matthew 5).What does this mean? For years I hid behind this passage in anContinue reading “There is more…..”

So its Friday night, at the end of a pleasant summer’s day in August and the sun has just gone down over the horizon, though it is still light and pleasantly warm. It is definitely the end of the day though, and as I watch the sky slowly losing its brightness I am reminded ofContinue reading “Yesterday ended last night”

For a number of years God has been speaking prophetically (that means through people with a God given prophetic gift) about a coming time of revival and outpouring of the Holy Spirit. There have been gathering signs and indications of that happening, and in the last year and a half the prophetic words have increasedContinue reading “What is happening?”