Category: When it all goes wrong…..

Each chapter in the Book of Lamentations is a poem. It is not a factual account of how Jerusalem was invaded and destroyed and its people carried off into exile. There are no facts...

Please allow me this lament. It’s very personal and raw and not at all thought out. It’s what’s in my heart this morning and I just want to show you what a lament can...

A couple of days after my mum died very suddenly, I was walking along Colchester High Street. I must have been going to our church for some reason, I don’t remember why. And I...

Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have all seen her naked; she herself groans and turns away. Her filthiness clung to her skirts;...

How? How has it come to this? This is the main theme in the first poem of Lamentations. The people are in shock. Wandering around in the rubble of what was once the glorious...

I wailed once. Just once. You see, I was a happy, smiley, bouncy baby. A contented child. A teenager who’d been brought up to believe that feelings could not be trusted and therefore could...

Everyone experiences loss. That much is clear. But how each one of us expresses loss is different. It’s a cultural thing. We are taught how to deal with loss by our parents, our friends,...

God tells Jeremiah to buy a linen belt and to wear it without wetting it. That way it will not be softened and he will be aware that he is wearing it. Then he...

Hey hello, it’s been a while! I’ve been on holiday and had a complete break from everything, including this journey with the people of Israel. But here we are again with some catching up...

And so we get to the final chapter of 1 Kings and with Helen away it is my task to conclude this book. So Ahab is still King of Israel and Jehoshaphat is the...