The rise of the mobile phone and the development of social networking sites, resulting in the Facebook and Twitter generation, have led to a large increase in unhappiness and loneliness. The modern way of life for many young people has caused boredom to escalate. Never have there been so many words spoken and conversations made…
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In 2008 at a zoo in Munster, Germany, a gorilla named Gana gave birth to a male infant, who died after three months. The Daily Mail declared “Crowds thronged the zoo to see the grieving mother,” who looked stricken and inconsolable as she cradled her dead baby. But, sad as the scene was, it was…
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A Chaplain, who happened to be assigned to the Pentagon, told of an incident that happened right after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon on 9/11. A daycare facility inside the Pentagon had many children, including infants   who were in heavy cribs. The daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they needed to evacuate, was in…
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I came across this in the daily paper:  “Rail instructions for a Yorkshire Charter day trip to Leeds: Each passenger travels forward on one leg and backwards on the other”!  Seems they must be standing still, or rocking on the spot. That’s what I hope I never do. It’s usually grandad who rocks in his…
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Fear is the black spot on the rose leaf of joy, the slag tip on the horizon of expectation and the limp in the onward march of life.  Fear blights, scars and cripples people’s lives to such an extent that they only live to half their full potential.  As the world approaches the end time…
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Last Sunday I spoke about transition and as some missed it [23% were absent] I record it here. Incidentally in large London churches 23% is about right for normal congregational response, or lack of it, and even more in some cases. When my dear wife died on January 11th 2014 after 47 years illness and…
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“We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened.” [2 Cor. 5:4] It is interesting that Paul does not call our body a building, a church or a mansion but a tabernacle. The first tabernacle was a tent of meeting, and Paul was a tent maker. I had the privilege of being saved in…
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“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks [Luke 6:45] and we who profess Christ say further “my meditation of Him shall be…
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[Proverbs 23:7] “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he:” When we change our thinking we change our life. Before we were saved we thought negatively, but now we are saved we are committed and commanded to change our concepts – “and be renewed in the spirit of your mind” [Ephesians 4:12]. Because…
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The fastness of life negates the ability to wait on God, by waiting for God. “But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” [Isa. 40:31] .We are the children of the…
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