Reading Creation 2 - Thanking God for sunshine, our teacher
By Gerry Straker, 22 Apr 2020Yesterday we thought about how to read creation. As new creations ourselves (2 Corinthians 5:17), we can now see with new eyes the glory of God glowing in the world...
Reading Creation
By Gerry Straker, 21 Apr 2020It has been a gorgeous few weeks weather wise, don’t you think? We want to thank God for the sunshine. But the sunshine is not only an opportunity to thank...
On Reading 2: Reading Changes Lives
By Gerry Straker, 20 Apr 2020Reading is very powerful, it changes lives. ‘An ungodly Welsh clergyman, shopping at a fair in the eighteenth century, bought an article which happened to be wrapped in a page torn...
On Reading 1: Under lockdown or not, Bible first
By Gerry Straker, 17 Apr 2020Psalm 19: ‘The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from...
Resurrection Hope
By Gerry Straker, 13 Apr 2020Everyone’s hopes have been dashed in all sorts of ways whether that’s going away, enjoying the sunshine, or eating lunch with friends. This coronavirus seems to know no boundaries and no...
Serving during Coronavirus
By Gerry Straker, 10 Apr 2020On Good Friday, we think about Jesus the Servant King (Mark 10:45). Jesus’ whole life is serving his death is serving and his rule is serving as he blesses his...
God’s gift of technology
By Gerry Straker, 06 Apr 2020Technology is everywhere; it is utterly inescapable. I am writing this on my desktop computer with a bluetooth keyboard on a desk I put together made by Ikea, under electric...
Mark 15:29-39 Reflection
By Gerry Straker, 05 Apr 2020Right now, it can feel like the world is against us, but Jesus really did have the world against him – even those crucified with him, mock him (32)! Mark’s recorded...
Why we sing
By Jon Lindsay, 04 Apr 2020I really miss meeting with my church family.I really miss eating with my church family.I really miss singing in my church family. When the elders ‘met’ to discuss what church would...
Making the most of the times II
By Gerry Straker, 03 Apr 2020Yesterday, we were reminded that we want to make the most of the times. Here are some of the practical ideas from Wednesday night along with a few new ones. Obviously,...
