Lydia is a model ambassador! She traded in purple. Important, rich people wore purple and she would have had business relationships with these influential people. She was likely to have…
This week we’re looking at one of the best known verses in the New Testament – Romans 8 v 28. It’s a wonderful verse but can get naively misused. For…
Just healing a poor beggar in Jesus’ name gets Peter and John into trouble! These ‘men had been with Jesus’ and it showed. Courage is often needed to be an…
Following Tom and Larissa hosting the Bereavement Journey, we wanted to explore how bereavement affects our faith in the services on 14th and 28th April. While some bereaved Christians report…
Seeing is believing? Thomas is labelled 'the doubter'. Yet, as we read all four Gospel accounts, we find that he is not the only one! If you've ever had doubts…
On Easter Day at Christ Church we’ll have the large wooden cross at the front and, during the reading about that first Easter morning, we’ll start to invite folk to…
The Palm Sunday reading finds Jesus and the disciples standing on the head of the Mount of Olives looking down on Jerusalem. Over to one side is the village of…
London Fashion week has concluded that the colours of our summer outfits this year will be black, white, and beige with only a little accent of red in order to…