Singing for joy
Many of my friends have discovered singing for joy. Or rather the joy of singing. They’ve joined local choirs and love the feeling that singing releases. They can’t get enough of it. My friend...
Author: Helen Redfern
The joy of living the life you were meant to live
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in...
What kind of amazing trust is this?
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David....
Yearning for a baby
Before turning to the birth of Jesus, Luke, in his account, feels it’s important to provide some of the back story. In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named...
The importance of knowing our roots
We ended up chatting about this last night. About where the red hair that pops up in glints in the hair and the beards in our family comes from. About whether we are all...
The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was...
What you see depends on where you sit.
I bought a fabulous whippet statue recently. It’s shiny and copper coloured. I’d love to invite four of you to come and sit around my kitchen table to stare at this marvellous creation and...
I’m so excited: let me tell you why…
I’m so excited. When the heating clicked on at 5am this morning, my mind was instantly wide awake. My body wasn’t ready to wake up, but my mind was whirring. I was thinking about...
The Difference A Baby Makes….
This baby has changed my world. I wouldn’t have believed it was possible. I’d seen the change in those around me who’d become grandparents: my sister, my sister-in-law, my friends. I’d seen the look...
To those who say ‘It is futile to serve God’
Speaking arrogantly against God. What might that look like? ‘You have spoken arrogantly against me,’ says the Lord. ‘Yet you ask, “What have we said against you?” ‘You have said, “It is futile to...
