Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week and was an opportunity for the UK to focus on mental health. This year’s theme was kindness, the focus being a response to the coronavirus outbreak, which is having a big impact on people’s mental health. Being kind results in a display of affection, gentleness, warmth, concern, and ….  Read More

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said ….  Read More

It is interesting to observe that certain statements creep into a nation’s vocabulary in a time of crisis that we have rarely heard before. To hear politicians in the UK continually stating, ‘I want to level with you’ is unusual. Without wishing to appear over-critical, it would be fair to say that we often feel ….  Read More

The famous Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s Founding Fathers, once advised his compatriots at a time of confusion, “I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground ….  Read More

Whatever the message, whether it is ‘Stay Safe’, Stay Alert’ or another prompt for us all to be cautious, we want to be safe, really safe don’t we? The wise king Solomon, renowned for his many sayings still tells us after many centuries the secret of true safely: “The name of the Lord is a ….  Read More

There were a couple who lived in fear of an atomic attack and the resulting fall-out of radiation. They realised that a nuclear device detonated many miles away could prove lethal and also, they feared what a domestic nuclear facility could cause if mistakes were made and things went wrong. So, they decided to look ….  Read More

Windows and mirrors. Both owe their usefulness to the glass they are made of. Both may hold helpful reminders to us of how to navigate relationships in these potentially hazardous times. Some may blame the ills they are experiencing to the difficult people around them, or to the ill-advised decisions of government, or to a ….  Read More

It is a week since the Prime Minister addressed the nation to unveil the Government’s plan for easing the lockdown restrictions imposed as a result of Covid-19. Since then, the so-called ‘Plan’ has been severely criticised by the media and the public. People are asking, ‘What Plan?’ They were looking for clear guidance on the ….  Read More

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In ….  Read More

During the past weeks the nation has been hanging on to the words of politicians. Most people have trusted them and sought to follow their advice. However, it was not long before ‘the bubble burst’: some of them went against their own advice and, by so doing, lost our trust. Jesus Christ is a Person ….  Read More