Our country and our world faces huge problems. Climate change, coronavirus, travel and business restrictions and economic downturns. Even our little church faces problems. With buildings crumbling and facilities way past their best-before date, who should take the blame for the muddle that we seem to be in?

What do we know about St. Valentine? Today we explore the patron saint of lovers and maybe what love is all about.

Spiritually, we can be just like a hermit crab. We can reach a point where certain things we now need to embrace in our faith, mean that the shell of our faith must be enlarged. That outgrown shell can be traditional beliefs, patterns of worship, prayer practices and more. What’s it like to change our shell on the journey of faith?

We are living at a time when the nature of truth itself is being questioned, we have seen that news can be manufactured, that fake stories can be deliberately spread online. Rev David investigates how to live true lives.

Safeguarding is always an emotive subject especially at this time of Lockdown, there are worries about the social, mental and spiritual health of everyone, Rev David investigates.

This is an introduction to contemplative prayer designed for those who would like to learn to meditate but have little experience of doing so. Meditation has many health benefits and, for the Christian, can be a way of learning to live with a quiet awareness of God’s loving presence.

This is the first in a series of stand-alone meditation and prayer guides. 

From time to time Revd David plans to post these here and we hope you will find them helpful.

We know there is sin and failure in every human heart, but will you allow Jesus to look beyond all that stuff and to name what you have to offer to his world in January 2021?

During this difficult time of when we are in danger of being overwhelmed by the things going on around us, David uses Marks gospel to point out three qualities that the church needs, and that the country needs, at this time of national crisis, resilience, solidarity and vision.

As Epiphany arrives on Wednesday, this week David ponders the story of the Magi and the Two Kings.

Join Rev David Sutcliffe from Hearsall Baptist Church, Coventry each week as he brings the church service into your home. Each week we will be singing, praying and exploring the scriptures.