My brother-in-law is seeking to buy a house. He was saying there will be all sorts of pros and cons attached to any house but, at the end of the…
“Blessed are the poor in spirit” sounds a funny thing to be blessed for – surely it’s “blessed are the rich in spirit”? We’ll be trying to unpack this together…
In our sermons this term we’ve been looking at what makes Christians distinctive in our society. One of those areas is motivation. Of course, we do many different things for…
I’m used to seeing Jesus wash the disciples’ feet as a beautiful moment in a film or a painting - with clean white towels! I suspect it was a pretty…
Over this next term at Christ Church, we’re looking at what it means to be distinctive Christians. And a great place to start is with Jesus’ statement “you are the…
So – when did “church” begin? Well, the book of Acts looks at the church and how it began. In our reading we see a snapshot of how it all…
As we begin to prepare for Good Friday and Easter Day, we look back at the incredible way these events were prophesied hundreds of years before. But this prophesy isn’t…
This week in Isaiah we’re back in the world of Babylon where their powerful ‘gods’ were paraded at the new year festival. Given Babylon was a strong military nation, many…