I remember standing in my old school hall, supervising a basketball game with children from the after-school club run by my godmother.
The shutter doors opened & my mum came in from the corridor to take me outside & told me what had happened. Worry, confusion & tears ensued. This was the September after our summer at Scargill and Michael, as part of ( Read more... )

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Tottenham's faith leaders, politicians and youth leaders from across the local community will tonight attend a Vigil of Hope, in a united response to the weekend's violence. The event is open to everyone with a desire to stand together in hope, irrespective of religion or background.The vigil has been organised by local churches from the ( Read more... )

 
Dear friends,

Mike saw the announcement of the regime change just as boarding took place last night. Helen is now in the middle of the world's biggest and noisiest party!

Of course this means that the game has changed but has really only just begun: what will be in place of the old regime is the key question, and how all the processes ( Read more... )

"Blessed be Egypt my people"
~ Isaiah 19:25
 
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or, “ Where is God When...?”

With each new sermon series, there's always one particular sermon which really gets your mind working. During the Genesis series last summer, it was Fiona talking about Noah & God's promise. I didn't make it to church on Sunday (Guilds stitch-bitching intervened) so downloaded the sermon to listen to instead last night ( Read more... )

From Through the Dark Woods (Joanna Swinney), this beautiful passage was quoted from Lewis' The Silver Chair, making me think of 2 Cor. 5:7:
“In order to understand what followed, you must keep on remembering how little they could see. As they drew near the low hall, which separated them from the place where the lighted windows had appeared, they ( Read more... )

In rehearsal pre-Resurrection, Colin mentioned this quote from Robert Murray M'Cheyne:

"If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, 
           I would not fear a million enemies. 
Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me."

Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind..

Hey,  don't know if you've already been here by now but looking over it last night, I noticed the comments on prayer - to encourage & sustain us both then  :)   xx

6:10-12 And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong ... This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.

13-18 Be ( Read more... )