Joy to the World

Joy to the World

‘Joy to the World’ is one of my favourite carols – yet it was written as a poem, not a song and not even for Christmas! Isaac Watts (1674-1748) the pastor hymn writer was tired of the church’s dullness in the sung worship of his day which consisted solely of Old...
Joy to the World

Intertwined

Last Sunday I used a painting of the meeting of Elizabeth and Mary as part of my sermon. While those of you in the building will have been able to see this image, those online could not, hence I’ve posted it here. I settled on using this image because the embrace, and...
Joy to the World

Joy to the world

Every so often I come across something that seems so counter-intuitive, so seemingly contrary to reality as it is presented to us, that I can hardly believe what I’m reading and need to take a double look. Take for example the statement that in the United States...
Prophetic Words 2022

Prophetic Words 2022

We have recently been encouraged by a number of prophetic words that have come to us as a church both from members and visitors. A number were given to us in written form and so we are able to pass these on. So here is a selection. They are in chronological order...