LIFE SKILLS In a Stella Gibbons’ novel “Cold Comfort Farm,” a well-organised young lady called Flora Poste goes to live with her relations on a farm in Sussex. This farm…

GOD’S NEVER-ENDING STORY: THRILLER So, against incredibly high odds, Moses got his people out of Egypt. Some years ago, the Cubs acted out this story in a Church Parade and…

GOD’S NEVER-ENDING STORY: SUPER HEROES I had to edit this story to create a coherent reading for our service today. The story of Noah as told in Genesis is made…

PARTY’S OVER. OR IS IT? For St John, the party was, quite definitely, over. His years of following Jesus around had not always been easy but were filled with exciting…

KEEPING AND DISCARDING A few weeks ago, I went into Bromley to meet someone for coffee and, when I got home realised that I had lost my jacket. I phoned…

JUBILEE JUSTICE SO- what do you think DID happen next? I mean, it sounds from the story as though everything in the garden is lovely. Zacchaeus has been able to…

DO YOU REMEMBER? READING: Mark 14, verses 12-28. The Last Supper. Have you ever noticed that, when you talk about something that has happened to you, you re-live that story?…

SPEECH! SPEECH! READING AND REFLECTION 1: THE PLACE AND THE VISION Luke 4; 14-21 Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he…

YOUR PARTY PIECE The men of my mother’s family were characterised by being very tall, very thin, gentle, soft spoken and- take it from me. I knew several of them-…

REST, RE-SET, REJOICE OK- what is a Jubilee? Let’s open our party books and find out: “Jubilee is a word from the Bible. Every 50 years is a Jubilee year.…