A NEW HOPE- FOR A BIG DIFFERENCE Do you remember George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm?” A group of animals, who were being neglected and overworked by a horrible farmer, staged…

A NEW HOPE- FOR A RE-NEWED COMMUNITY REFLECTION: BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS We have been thinking a lot recently about bad things that happen in life. And yes, there are…

A NEW HOPE-FOR A NEW FUTURE Late one evening during 1940, Corrie ten Boom, her sister and her father sat around their radio. German invasion of Holland- their nation- was…

GROWING GENEROSITY Why would a woman desperately poor choose to put her last two pennies into the temple offertory boxes? This is the question which has been puzzling me all…

INTO THE UNKNOWN-GROWING LOYALTY The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled.… famous poem by Mrs Hemans about the boy who remains loyal and obedient…

GROWING CONFIDENCE It was Roy Castle, host of the show, Record Breakers, who sang the song, “Dedication’s what you need if you’re going to be a record breaker…” To be…

INTO THE UNKNOWN- YOU TOO? READING: Mark 9, verses 38-40 A very short Gospel reading today but a heavily loaded one. Jesus says that anyone who is not against him…

DO YOU KNOW ME? I never really got the hang of kick-starting a motorbike. I don’t know why- there was nothing wrong with my legs- but when I had only…

INTO THE UNKNOWN- WHAT DO YOU WANT? Back in 1991, I was invited to preach at the local Women’s World Day of Prayer service. Women’s World Day of Prayer (now…

INTO THE UNKNOWN-DO YOU CARE? You know those old comedy programmes from the nineteen sixties and seventies, shown on TV with a warning note that this programme contains language and…