Power in the name
Forgive me. I don’t know your name or what it means. Do you? All of our children are called names that mean something precious to us. My name, Emma, means…
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Kind Betrayal
Sometimes people might betray us with the best of intentions. For example if you are being hit by your husband, you may confide in a friend and that friend might…
I won’t shush
God is my protector! He is my shield and my defence! Woe betide anyone who does not understand this and tries to come against me as I am serving Him….
Make yourself at home…
The other night at our Grow group, I left the room for a while with the phrase, “Make yourself at home.” I am sure you have said it yourself. When…
Unexpected encounter
Last night a crazy thing happened. I was just coming out of a supermarket at about 8pm when I saw a girl shaking and sobbing. I stopped her and asked…
Remembering
What do you find hardest about being a Christian? What do you struggle with most? For many of us, it is knowing scripture, I mean REALLY knowing it. I spent…
Prayer
Just now my son Tom came to talk to me, “Mummy, I’ve been banging my wobbly tooth on Esther’s cot so it will come out faster!” “Don’t do that darling!”…
Silent promotion
The other night I had a friend over for a catch up. As we were chatting, she shared a word with me. She said that in the army, people get…
Prayer changes everything
I read this sentence in my UCB notes today and it really stopped me in my tracks. “You can do great things after you’ve prayed, but you can do nothing…
Never say never
I have been very inspired by the recent story of Newcastle student Elsie Richardson, who, at 85, has just started her PhD. This woman is no ordinary student. In the…