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Minister’s Letter – November 2018

Remember – and move on

I wonder what you most remember from the past? There are the happy events such as great holidays, firm friendships and moments of transcendent joy such as our wedding day – we enjoy bringing these to mind as we reminisce or flick through old photo albums. Then there are the more mundane recollections such as our first day at school, or passing our driving test, or even the colour of our old front door. Read more “Minister’s Letter – November 2018” →

Minister’s Letter – October 2018

Prayer (again)

They raised their voices together to God …When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:24/31

The early Christians in Jerusalem were in a tough place. For they were a small group of ordinary people, they were following a discredited leader who’d been killed by a brutal occupying power working in cahoots with the religious authorities, and their two main spokesmen had just been arrested for illegal preaching. So, when those men were released from custody, what did they do? It would have been natural for them to turn in on themselves and have a good moan about their woes. Read more “Minister’s Letter – October 2018” →

Minister’s Letter – September 2018

Words

Words are powerful. They have the ability to encourage or crush people, to anger or soothe, to inspire or condemn, to incite hate or reach out in love – and much more besides. Although I realise that dogs bark and dolphins seem to have sophisticated ways of communicating with each other, nevertheless it is humans who have uniquely been given the capacity for complex and intelligent speech. Read more “Minister’s Letter – September 2018” →