Short Stories
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Singing Scripture
Music, singing it and listening to it, has always played an important part in my life. One of my earliest memories is singing songs to and about Jesus in the little Methodist Sunday School I went to every Sunday. Those songs I can remember and still sing along to now, 70 years later. Since my
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“On the third day ….”
Life Beyond the Cross An Easter Monday Reflection Yesterday was Easter Sunday, the third day on which Jesus was resurrected, leaving his tomb empty. As I was reflecting on this event my mind returned to a short story I have written about a young shoplifting girl called Evie Smith (to be posted here on this
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Spiky Plant Proves to be Fruitful – Part 2
This is the second of two Parts of a reflection on the spikiness of the Pomegranate. In Part 1 we looked at the Pomegranate plant and its usefulness to God and man in the Bible. In Part 2 I reflect on the problem of spikiness. Spines Hurt! But what are those Pomegranate spines for? Well,
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Spiky Plant Proves to be Fruitful – Part 1
This is Part 1 of a two part reflection. In this first part I reflect on the pomegranate and its role in God’s purposes. Ouch! As a volunteer gardener at a local garden open to the public, I was clearing fallen leaves from under a large bush when it attacked me with its vicious thorns,
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Hardness of Heart – What should we do about it?
What should we do about it? We have seen that even Christian believers can be dull of heart and blind to God’s purposes. So how can we soften our hearts and become spiritually more alert? We can see that, when His disciples were slow to comprehend what He was saying, Jesus asked them questions to
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A Sense of Place
Somewhere special Have you ever had that feeling that you are in a special place – a place where you ‘feel at home’, a place of comfort, safety and of well-being? Just the other day I was standing in a small orchard of old and gnarled apple trees and there I realised I could feel
