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When heaven is silent...
If you’re really there, Lord, why aren’t my prayers being answered? This is a question asked by many of us at different times regardless...

Elaine Cooke
Aug 3, 20203 min read


Lockdown Reflection
Today I thought I’d take some time to reflect on some of the impacts of lockdown. It’s been a challenging time for most, an almost...

Elaine Cooke
Jul 10, 20203 min read


Head Above Water
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk...

Adele Sutton
Jul 9, 20203 min read


The Puppy Diaries
Two weeks ago, we added a small and very fluffy puppy to our little family. He’s called Kobe, and he’s what you’d call a ‘handful’. He’s...

Abbie Nicholson
Jul 8, 20202 min read


The still, small voice
I am a hugeee foodie! Me and my husband, Connor, love food so much! We eat pretty healthily through the week, but all week we talk about...
Christy Goodwin
Jul 7, 20203 min read


Perseverance
Far too early in the morning: Alice (my 4 year old daughter with a big, beaming grin): “Daddy, Daddy, can you wake-up now?” Me: “I just...

Steve Kempton
Jul 3, 20204 min read


Wood
One of my many hobbies is woodwork. I love creating something functional out of something that is fairly raw and untouched with coffee...
Reuben Obery
Jul 2, 20202 min read


What I’ve learned as a dancer
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy Psalm 30:11 I was 12 when I first truly discovered...

Adele Sutton
Jun 30, 20203 min read


An Honest Heart
I am a very tidy person. But I never used to be... My room when I was a teenager literally looked like a scene from the Walking Dead...
Christy Goodwin
Jun 27, 20203 min read


What Would Jesus Do?
A few weeks ago my husband and I were locked in a conflict that lasted for days. Each of us wanted the other person to understand our own...

Guest blog
Jun 25, 20202 min read


Out of Options?
Are you? …Well then, I believe you, my friend, are quite possibly in one of the best places you could ever be … so stop crying and start...

Steve Kempton
Jun 23, 20202 min read


Jesus Fulfills Our Need
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be...
Reuben Obery
Jun 22, 20203 min read


No Greater Love
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. “ John 15:13 As I was walked around the garden, a blanket...

Elaine Cooke
Jun 20, 20203 min read


Act Justly, Love Mercy
"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow." Isaiah 1:17 I...

Adele Sutton
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Nature Continues To Flourish
At the start of the lockdown period, Joey and I went for many walks in the woods - one a day, of course. Once we were allowed to drive to...

Abbie Nicholson
Jun 18, 20202 min read


Lost
Have you ever been lost?! Maybe you were driving to a new place and weren’t as map savvy as you thought! Or maybe your sat nav was more...
Christy Goodwin
Jun 17, 20203 min read


Good News
As the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions begin to ease and schools cautiously open up once again to more children, the importance of...

Phil Jennings
Jun 16, 20202 min read


Change readiness
We are now coming to week 14 of the lock down. Lots of things, in so many ways have changed. However, I think more than anything, I have...

Steve Kempton
Jun 15, 20203 min read


What to do with all this time?
They say that time is the most precious thing anyone of us can have. Its hard to disagree with that statement. From businessman, to...

Mark Whitfield
Jun 14, 20203 min read


Value
My husband and I are different … very different … like many couples … one is a hoarder and one is a thrower outer… well, I’m the one who...

Steve Kempton
Jun 13, 20203 min read


Tokaido
The Tokaido road was the most important of the five routes that ran along the coast of Eastern Honshu, Japan. Along the Tokaido road were...
Reuben Obery
Jun 12, 20202 min read


Full circle.
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is theLord’s purpose that prevails Proverbs 19:21 Have you ever been through a situation...

Steve Kempton
Jun 11, 20203 min read


Are You Ready?
“Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage.” 1 Corinthians 16:13 Have you ever been...

Elaine Cooke
Jun 10, 20203 min read


"Here I am, send me."
In Isaiah 6, the prophet Isaiah answers a pretty big question from God boldly and confidently. “Whom shall I send?” “Here I am, send me.”...

Abbie Nicholson
Jun 9, 20204 min read
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