Father,I Thank you that you don't ask us to serve you out of our own strength and resources, but you do remarkable things with those who chose to follow you and submit to what you want for us, knowing...  Read More

Following on from Spike's thoughts on the promise and inspiration of Gabriel's word, lets think a bit more of howthey would speak to Mary.Mary would have dreamt of getting married and having a family ...  Read More

 "Lord, I just need your fresh breath... speaking to me, to give me some encouragements for the future. I'm going to pray for that now. And if you'd like to join me, I just encourage you. Just close y...  Read More

Who am I to be chosen for such a task?Just a young girl,I've not searched the scriptures, studied the law,I'm not of royal blood or noble lineage.Yet I am highly favoured,a chosen one,a receiver of an...  Read More

She took it surprisingly well, really!Considering the shock value of the message.She was startled when I arrived,but then they always are.Humans are not used to heavenly messengers...invading their wo...  Read More

 So read aloud the opening passages where the Angel appears to Mary through to Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. Luke 1:26-56.(Read them in your own Bible or open the sections below...) We can pon...  Read More

Every day there will be some images, perhaps something to watch or listen to, a meditation of a prayer as we prepare our hearts for Christmas, the commemoration of the months in which the creator beca...  Read More

For the four weeks of Advent we will be posting a thought, a meditation, and or a video along with a prayer to inspire your own devotions and conversations with with Jesus as wait for him to break in ...  Read More

The worship of God and his Word has always produced above average literary cultures... in this third video episode we explore how the earliest "modern" alphabet was first used to write in Hebrew and r...  Read More

In the second chapter of Genesis, the creation story is given a slightly different spin to that in the first. In this second account God first made the man, Adam, and then the woman Eve, as a helper f...  Read More

On his recent visit, Tanka explained that church buildings in Nepal are often simple structures made of corrugated iron. The buildings are often prone to attack by Hindu Nationalists who may raid chur...  Read More

Fifteen of us went to Revive the past summer... it was the Jubilee Year of the Ichthus Movement of Churches started by Christen's parents so last year camping prices where just 10% of what they should...  Read More