In your way and in your time…..
At the start of this new year, I made a couple of resolutions. Nothing unusual about that. I always do. No, what is unusual is that I am on my way to actually seeing one...
Author: Helen Redfern
The hour after the hour before……..
Today’s topic is one that I am SO familiar with, I’ll start with my own take on it. You see, when I do something with a group of people – anything with any group...
Confidence is key
Today we’re going to look at the most well-known chapter and story in the book of 1 Kings from the perspective of confidence – confidence in our God. We first meet a local hero...
I still get jealous…….
In a series I’m watching on Netflix at the moment, a really bad man’s daughter is seriously ill with leukaemia. He commits atrocities out in his real world and yet when he’s with his...
Dealing with shades of grey……
So today we continue looking at the life of Jeroboam. Jeroboam is king of all the tribes of Israel apart from the the tribes of Judah. He does not want his people to return...
Who needs advice….?
So Solomon is now dead and his son Rehoboam is now king. Jeroboam, who had rebelled against Solomon, returns from Egypt and goes with the people to Rehoboam with a proposal – “Your father...
No compromise
Over the years, God had made his rules clear to the Israelites. Two of the most basic rules were about marrying foreign women and worshipping other gods. Here, Solomon goes on to break both...
God’s body on earth
1 Kings 10. The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon. Cue ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ – one of my favourite pieces of music and the music I walked down the aisle to….....
