This Summer we are learning from an extraordinary collection of songs from the ancient world. They teach us how people felt and prayed and how their prayers carried them through their challenges and emotions. The series is: 31 December 10am, Prayer & Praise | Len Firth, Psalm 16 | Safety 7 January 10am, Prayer & Praise | Len Firth, Psalm 19 | … Continue reading Summer Psalms
Christmas Eve
The angel Gabriel came to Mary in her home and greeted her with, “You have found favour with God.” The angel’s word here is normally translated as “grace” but is here “favour”. It became the great Christian word. St Paul began his letters to the earliest churches, “grace (favour) to you and peace from God … Continue reading Christmas Eve
When God became us
The idea of God being with us, as us, in that first Christmas not only meant we could know God, but we could know ourselves. Here was the word that explained us and healed us. In Jesus, God set himself so low in the world that anyone could reach him as God with us (Immanuel). … Continue reading When God became us
Honouring the word
We often want peace, grace and a sense of God’s presence in our lives yet feel God is absent as we live at odds with what Jesus and his apostles taught. Paul teaches us, in the final part of his second letter to the church in Thessalonica, that those who honour the word of the … Continue reading Honouring the word
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