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What Would YOUR Psalm 23 Say?

The Lord is…

my mechanic
my plastic surgeon
my yoga instructor
my president
my lover

I shall not want?

He maketh me to lie down…

in a house with three screaming kids
on a stage in front of thousands
on a dirt floor in Peru
in front of a desk full of paperwork
in a life that wasn’t planned

He leadeth me …

to the sauna at the gym where [...]

Holy Holidays

With the summer holidays fast approaching, you may find the text below of interest. It’s from an article published on the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity website, which looks at the biblical view on holidays.

Historically, holiday seasons have come about as a result of workers resting from the demands of agricultural labour, or a [...]

Thought for the Week - World Cup 2010

(originally aired on BBC Radio Manchester, 13th June 2010)

I think I first heard it last Saturday outside Tesco in Prestwich. Three lads messing about making a real racket. I think they’d just bought The Sun and got 3 free plastic horns. And so, reasonably enough, they were trying them out. It sounded fairly horrible. [...]

Praying Beyond The Sick List

Prayer’s something lost of us need to practice a bit harder!   We can be sure that God hears, it’s just that we are not always certain what to ask.  I came across an article that I found helpful.  It suggests that:

Sometimes we ask God to change our circumstances—heal the sick, give us daily bread, protect [...]

Thought About The General Election

During our service on Sunday, Neil shared a short thought about the General Election this Thursday. Please click the link below to listen to this.

Thought about the [...]

Jesus' Alternative Election Strategy

Over the course of this election campaign, there has been a lot of discussion around where the three major political parties stand on Christian values & morals, including the Westminster2010 Declaration of Christian Conscience, Christians in Politics, and a series of short pieces by Christians who support the different parties published by The Times, stating why Jesus [...]

What’s So Real About Reality?

It was 1998 and one of the major films of the year was ‘The Truman Show’. A poignant, light-hearted look at a man trapped in a world that he thought was absolutely authentic, but which turned out to be a giant TV set, with the rest of the world watching on. Watching him living [...]

Radio Manchester 7 Feb 2010

Am I the only one who struggles to get through these dark months, and long for the longer days, the chance of sun and a sense of waking up from enforced hibernation. Snow’s fun, but when it returned on Wednesday was I the only one who thought it was getting a bit [...]

Up in the Air

I went to see ‘Up in the Air’ recently with the very suave George Clooney. He’s a man without roots – no family responsibilities (that he accepts), no house to maintain (he has an empty flat), just a man permanently on the move going to the head of every check in desk in the airports, [...]

Disappointed Parents

One of the many ways that Christians end up feeling guilty can depend on whether their children take an active interest in the Christian faith and decide to follow the way of Jesus as young people. I’ve met too many Christians, and particularly Christian leaders, who speak with more than regret, but guilt, that their child is [...]