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A year of change
I’m Beth and this year I’m taking a GAP year before going to university in September. I knew I wanted and needed a Christian element to my year out. I decided to give up my Wednesdays and go and volunteer in the chaplaincy at Ripley secondary school alongside Michael...
Children’s Mental Health Week (3-9 Feb 2025)
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and the need to respond has never felt more urgent. The new buzz word is “resilience” and the lack of it. No one is denying the epidemic of anxiety that has swept this generation, and this isn’t a suggestion to toughen up, it...
Hidden Treasure
Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. NIV. I’ve been thinking about hidden treasure lately. I don’t mean pirate treasure (although that would...
New beginnings
Hebrew 12:1-2 “Let us run the race with perseverance” The clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, another new year full of intentions. Social media detox, DIY projects, entering a marathon … Talking of marathons, for Christians, life is described as a race. I’ve...
The winter is past
My beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; The rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; The season of singing has come, The cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig-tree forms its...
Blue Monday
Christmas, with all its indulgences, is over; January is here, resolutions are already binned; we’re back at work; freezing weather makes us feel like hibernating; and we’re left facing the financial backlash of Christmas spending. ‘Blue Monday’ marks the full impact...
I bring you Good News
The angels came proclaiming good news that will cause great joy to all people, but is Christmas really good news for all people? In all the festivities and busyness of Christmas, the reality is, Christmas can be a very stressful and anxiety inducing time for lots of...
Wow…only a few weeks to Christmas
‘Wow…only a few weeks to Christmas’, or should that be ‘Oh no…only a few weeks to Christmas’? Whichever side of delight, stress or pain you fall in to over this period, one thing we can be sure of is that Christmas happened 2000 years ago, and Christmas will happen...
Be strong and courageous
It’s International Men’s day on Tuesday 19th November 2024 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Men have traditionally been told that they need to be...