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We'll be updating our blog at least weekly. Check back regularly for comment, encouragement, inspiration and challenge as we seek to walk with God together.
A Reflection for Remembrance Day
I don’t know about you, but I have a terrible memory and often have to write things down. I have lists everywhere, some on my laptop and...
Paul Walker
Nov 13, 20234 min read
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Choosing The Way of Love over Judgement and Law
Here’s a question for you: Do you like musicals? I must confess that they are a “guilty pleasure” for me. I know they are a bit...
Paul Walker
Oct 30, 20235 min read
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Church is NOT a spectator sport!
Is our church like a football match? Thousands of people in the stands in need of exercise and twenty-two people on the pitch in need of...
Kevin Highfield
Oct 27, 20234 min read
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We Can Work it Out
When we think of the first churches in the New Testament, we might be forgiven for thinking they were perfect. Because many of those...
Paul Walker
Oct 16, 20234 min read
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We Plough the Fields and Scatter: A Harvest Reflection
At the Church Council Meeting, the congregation’s wealthiest member decided to share a portion of his faith story. “I’m a millionaire,”...
Paul Walker
Oct 1, 20234 min read
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Harvest Home
In the USA, the first Monday in September is a public holiday known as Labor Day. It’s the unofficial end of summer, too. Conversely, our...
Gill McCleave
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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How Forgiving People Helps Us Find New Life in God
One day, the story goes, a man in France was bitten by a rabid dog. Now, this was before a cure for rabies was discovered — so it was...
Paul Walker
Sep 3, 20234 min read
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Treasure Your Heart
Money, money, money... It's the subject every preacher and congregation want to avoid-even though after the Kingdom of God, this was the...
Kevin Highfield
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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"Then Sings My Soul..."
‘How Great Thou Art’ must surely be one of the best-known and most loved traditional hymns. Originally written in Swedish, the song was...
Gill McCleave
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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Glory to Grace: Lessons from The Transfiguration
August 6th in the Anglican Calendar is the Feast of the Ascension — a strange, unnerving story from the bible where everything that three...
Paul Walker
Aug 7, 20234 min read
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Sheep May Safely Graze...
This morning we were scheduled to lead worship in a small Methodist Chapel at the farthest end of the local circuit of churches. When the...
Sandy Walker
Jul 24, 20234 min read
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Tell Me The Old, Old Story
The Bible is a rich library full of all kinds of writing: poems, songs, letters, history, travel memoirs – and LOTS of stories. Stories...
Gill McCleave
Jul 19, 20233 min read
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How God Can Meet Us in Times of Depression
"Chin up! Cheer up, love; it might never happen…" "Pull yourself together…" "What have you got to be depressed about — you have a great...
Paul Walker
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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For Those in Peril on the Sea
How many of you attended Sunday School and sang the kids’ chorus “I will make you fishers of men?” What about the equally venerable...
Paul Walker
Jun 25, 20235 min read
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Planning for the Holidays...
“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” (2 Peter 1:2) Vacations or holidays are often...
Kevin Highfield
Jun 22, 20232 min read
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Nine Things You Probably Didn't Know About Barnabas
In the rich and varied tapestry of the New Testament, numerous characters played pivotal roles in spreading the message of Jesus. One...
Paul Walker
Jun 11, 20234 min read
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Radiating His Love: The Power of Good Conduct in Christ
Anyone who spends any time reading the letters contained in the New Testament of the Bible, will quickly notice that the Apostle Paul was...
Gill McCleave
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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The Divine Harmony: Rublev’s Icon of The Trinity Explored
Trinity Sunday (June 4th in 2023) is always a puzzling day, as we grapple with the mystery of God as three persons. Sometimes when...
Paul Walker
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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Beyond the Wind and Fire: Unveiling the Essence of Pentecost
Today we celebrate the Day of Pentecost. This is the day the Holy Spirit showed up—for real. The book of Acts paints a spectacular...
Paul Walker
May 28, 20234 min read
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Freedom to Love
You probably have never heard of Juneteenth. It is the nineteenth of June, a day when Americans commemorate the emancipation of enslaved...
Kevin Highfield
May 23, 20233 min read
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