More Reflections

  • Christmas Rush? Or Something Slower…

    Christmas Rush? Or Something Slower…

    Do you enjoy the season of Advent, the run up to Christmas? Our high street businesses and supermarkets certainly do. They seem to put out decorations and offer us “festive” treatsearlier and earlier each year. This year, the Christmas goods even mingled with the pumpkins and ghouls of Halloween on the shelves, which reminded me… Read more


  • Advent Adventures

    Advent Adventures

    We are looking forward to welcoming Paul and Helen back on Sunday following Paul’s sabbatical, and we hope that this has been a really restful and refreshing time for them. Sunday also marks the beginning of Advent, a season of anticipation and hope. We certainly need some hope at the moment as there is plenty… Read more


  • Grown Up Bible Stories

    Grown Up Bible Stories

    I love the Old Testament, I love the New Testament too, but there’s something about the characters that you encounter in the Old Testament that fills me with hope. At Sunday’s Breakfast Church we are going to meet some of those men and women, starting with Abraham in November the. When I was growing up… Read more


  • The Calm Behind the Storm

    The Calm Behind the Storm

    After a whole series of storms, driving rain for seemingly days and high winds, it is a relief to wake up this morning to calm, blue skies and bright sunshine. I can’t but help feeling that this is a bit like the Christian life. We will go through tough times when it seems that our… Read more