The fact that God sometimes seem silent should not be confused with a God who is inactive. God does not stop, he is, as Jesus says, ‘at his work’ our faith life should not be led by our day to …
The fact that God sometimes seem silent should not be confused with a God who is inactive. God does not stop, he is, as Jesus says, ‘at his work’ our faith life should not be led by our day to …
Returning to the Promises of God you can perhaps remember the old poem of ‘the Footprints’ in the sand is a reflection on this passage. God tells his people they are not left to wander. That unlike the gods of …
It seems apparent that the teaching of the Gospel is not a simple single message about salvation, but one that creates a community where lives are changed by God and that the identity of his people returns to the image …
The Gospel is also news of the Son of God who came and dwelt among us. Jo Dowds unpacks why this might be important to recognise as the people of God.
Psalm 139 is a song about being known and being unable to flee. Obvious parallels lie with Jonah, with Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 or Elijah in 1 Kings 19 all three run away of hide but are not …
We often sing on a Sunday but here the Psalmist is in worship in anticipation of the gathering of God’s people at the temple. How do you worship before you come to worship ad how do you prepare for worship …
Worship in repentance may seem on one level an odd song to sing. Few songs in the modern church are a request for mercy from God, but worship is an important part of our return to God and honesty in …
The line I waited patiently for the Lord is not quite accurate as the original Hebrew says I waited and waited for the Lord. Sometimes our worship can be affected by our longing for God to act, we can become …
Perhaps the most famous of the Psalms it is the song of a shepherd to the great shepherd and a song about the nature of God’s heart towards those who follow him. Parallels can be drawn here between Psalm 23 …