27th December 2025
Those who know me know that planning is one of my love languages. I love the feeling when a perfectly laid plan comes together. And my love tank is filled when someone considers what I like when...
26th December 2025
The above scripture was spoken by the Archangel Gabriel to the virgin Mary regarding her conception by the Holy Spirit. Her pregnancy and giving birth to the Son of God was, indeed, a result of the...
25th December 2025
Picture a world waiting in silence. Centuries of longing, generations holding onto promises spoken through prophets and whispered in prayers. Darkness seemed to linger, and hope felt like a distant...
24th December 2025
As we prepare to receive King Jesus, let’s centre our hearts and minds on the kingship of baby Jesus. Jesus is a descendant of David – Jesus’s royal lineage traces back to King David...
23rd December 2025
On the night Jesus was born, before there were carols, before there was worship, before there was celebration, there was fear. Luke tells us that when the angel appeared to the shepherds, ‘they were...
22nd December 2025
Christmas is a busy time, and it seems to start earlier every year. Stores put out decorations and gifts in October, and every organisation has a hand out for donations, wanting to take advantage of...
21st December 2025
It is not uncommon for Christians to say that Jesus had no human father, and usually what they mean is that Jesus had no biological or natural father because he was conceived by...
20th December 2025
Love is more than a feeling. It is the essence of God’s very being. Father, Son, and Spirit are love. Not just showing love but embodying it. Everything God does flows from this truth. As we come...
19th December 2025
This was Mary’s response to the angel when she was told she would bear the Son of God. I have thought a lot about Mary’s willingness to follow God into the unknown. What she knew about her culture...
18th December 2025
In 1744 Charles Wesley was reflecting on the situation of orphans and people living in social deprivation in the areas around him. Prompted by this and a prophecy in Haggai: ‘And I will shake all...
17th December 2025
A famous poem by Emily Dickinson describes hope as ‘the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul…’ The opening lines have been used on pillows, greeting cards and other forms of...
16th December 2025
Joseph was expecting to marry Mary, take her home as his wife, settle down together and maybe in time start a family, but the knowledge of Mary’s pregnancy must have shattered those dreams. No doubt...
15th December 2025
During the season of Advent, we celebrate the coming of our Lord and Saviour. It is a time we as God’s children have been longing for. The world we live in can drain us of hope, joy, peace and...
14th December 2025
John the Baptist, imprisoned and feeling unsure about Jesus, sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he is the One (vv.2-3), to which Jesus responded with evidence to reassure John, and to help us to...
13th December 2025
Joy often surprises us. It can burst forth in the most unexpected places; like a flower blooming in the desert, or laughter breaking into a room full of tears. Joy does not deny our struggles. Joy...
12th December 2025
The false teachings that had crept into the church at Colossae had been addressed by the apostle Paul and members were encouraged to return to the gospel, which was the sole means by which they first...
11th December 2025
At age 16, leaving my forebears’ faith, I was drawn strongly to Christ. I was especially excited about his second coming. Looking back 50 years, it certainly has been an adventure! Adventure’s...
10th December 2025
A comic strip character in Peanuts, nicknamed Pigpen, kicked up a cloud of dust wherever he went. He wasn’t the most popular kid, as you can imagine, but he occasionally came up with...
9th December 2025
Mary was fearful as she faced something she certainly did not ask for: a pregnancy which was impossible to explain and she had the grave responsibility of carrying the longed for Messiah, the pinnacle...
8th December 2025
You do not have to look far or hard to find people treated unfairly or being oppressed. King David was no stranger to oppression as he spent years trying to outrun King Saul. Sometimes we find that...
7th December 2025
A man stands in the Judean wilderness who looks like he belongs to another time, and he is crying out with a message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near’ (v.2). This is John, son of...
6th December 2025
The world is often noisy, filled with breaking headlines, buzzing phones, endless responsibilities, and restless hearts. It can feel like standing in the middle of a storm with winds pulling us in...
5th December 2025
For most people today freedom is something they value, and are willing to strive for, and defend. We appreciate the things we are able to do and choices we’re able to make with little fear of...
4th December 2025
Advent is a season of waiting and reflection. However, the waiting is certainly not passive. It’s a time filled with anticipation, hope, and deep contemplation of what it means that God first loved...
3rd December 2025
Most of us have worn a name tag from time to time. They’re helpful when we don’t know people – and also when we do but we can’t remember their names! We also need them for...
2nd December 2025
It is always a tragedy for a couple who want to have children but are unable to do so. In Jewish culture, at the time Zechariah ministered at the Temple in Jerusalem, it also carried a great social...
1st December 2025
This morning the valley is filling with fog, and the air is already pumped with smoke from people burning their fields. It makes a misty mess, and the lines of things are blurred and indistinct. What...
30th November 2025
Jesus’s disciples were curious and anxious about what the future held for them, and so they asked him a question: ‘Tell us,’ they said ‘…what will be the sign of your coming and of the...
29th November 2025
A new year begins not with fanfare or fireworks, but with a flicker – a single flame lit in the darkness. This is how the Church begins its calendar: in quiet expectation. Advent invites us into a...
28th November 2025
You may have read the Gospel accounts which, for example, the NIV heads: ‘Jesus feeds the five thousand’ and ‘Jesus feeds the four thousand’, but reading the passages carefully reveals that...
27th November 2025
David had been secretly anointed king over Israel; Goliath was dead, David was a popular hero. Saul was still on the throne, consumed with anger and jealousy. This was the background that led to David...
26th November 2025
It’s been said we need to know our limits. I know most of mine – like when I need to go to bed to get enough rest; a few ounces of wine is my limit if I want to feel good; a three mile walk...
25th November 2025
So many people today are living in fear. There is the fear of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, where you could find yourself being mugged at knifepoint, or even worse, you could be caught...
24th November 2025
As children we all want to be someone else. We dreamed of who we could be when we grew up. We had no doubt we could be this person, whether it was a cowboy, astronaut, or a mom or dad. The limits of...
23rd November 2025
In a world filled with competing voices and values, it is vital for us as believers to centre our lives on the One who stands above all – The Lord Jesus Christ. To be pre-eminent is to be utterly...
22nd November 2025
There’s something powerful about a finish line. Runners pace themselves, pushing through fatigue with one thought in mind, what awaits at the end. That final stretch holds more than a ribbon or a...
21st November 2025
When we talk about the kingdom of God, we, of course, understand that we are speaking of the kingdom Jesus established in his earthly ministry. His kingdom is real, and it will have no end. It is...
20th November 2025
In the closing chapter of Revelation, the exiled apostle John is given the encouraging and comforting news that, despite the present, relentless suffering of the persecuted church, Jesus’s...
19th November 2025
I enjoy reading mysteries and it seems many people do, considering the plethora of books in that genre. We like the suspense. Some enjoy trying to figure out the clues as to who did what and why....
18th November 2025
The Nicene Creed ends in the way the Bible ends (see header scripture) with the word ‘Amen’. It is a word that is said by Christians so frequently and with which we are so familiar that it might...