Introduction One of the most iconic film franchises of all time is Star Wars. And this morning when I speak of Star Wars, I am speaking of the original trilogy (movies IV, V & VI) the first three movies made …

1. Vows and promises We all at times make promises to others and some of those are very significant and are not to be entered lightly. When you marry When you marry you enter a covenant with another person by …

Reacting to the (strange!) detail When we read a passage like this from the Old Testament, it’s quite natural to have a negative reaction. I have to say I wasn’t relishing the thought of preaching on these chapters! Firstly, it …

1. The Shape of our lives Today I want you to think about what is shaping your life for whatever it is that shapes who you are and what you do and say, effectively functions as your god, your king …

Be careful when you come near Before I trained for pastoral ministry I was a field service engineer for Philips Medical. I ended up working in the Ultrasound service team, but for the first year I spent time learning how …

The year was 1999 in Malaysia, when I was on a holiday with my family in a beach resort. I had woken up at 2.30am to watch a big soccer/football final, the Champions League final, between the team I support, …

Introduction One of the hit songs when as I was just becoming a teenager in the 1980’s was by a band called moving pictures, entitled “what about me”. You may indeed know the song as Shannon Noll brought it back …

1. The nearness of the end When time is short you should get on with what you are meant to be doing. Shopping for work boots A couple of days after the lockdown ended for the vaccinated, one of the …

Priorities (v7-11) Peter’s first words are ones that ring urgency. He says the v7 The end of all things is near. We are in the time of the now and not yet…Peter writes to the believers who had received mercy, …

1.The Count of Monte Cristo Over my weeklong break, while I was working in the yard, building a shed, I listened to the audio version of the Count of Monte Christo. It’s a long book, the audio version went for …