We want people to be technically competent and good at what they do but also their character is not unimportant. We are returning to this truth in today's world more and more.

If Pentecost is not about Jesus, then what's the point of it?!

We are either growing or declining; getting healthy or unwell, living is about movement. Since faith is living, we can always do things to help or hinder it. It is important to remember that God is faithful and Jesus doesn't change.

No matter how much people insist that God doesn't exist, it doesn't make him go away! That is true as a thought exercise and in reality. The resurrection of Jesus was unexpected and whether it is good news or bad news really does depend when its reality comes home!

How do people relate to God? Often people think about spiritual relationships in terms of monarch and subject or all-powerful and not-powerful or master and servant or owner and pet or mystery and student but to think in terms of friends needs more thinking! How can this be? Listening and learning from Jesus is the answer.

How we live is very much shaped by what we think dying and death are all about. No wonder then that what Jesus has done changes everything!

The right rant at the right time to the right people just may get heard. Christ is risen! Our deaf world needs to hear this!

'Long grief' is being discussed because of the COVID-19 context. All who grieve are in pain – and yes, it is long-term. Even longer, though, is the comfort and hope that Jesus brings since he is with people for the 'long haul' – which is even longer than death!

Perspective isn’t everything but it is very import, especially when it includes Jesus’ resurrection.

Hugs are special – to receive and to share – and the empty tomb of Jesus is God reaching out to hug all people.