A story to tell…

A story to tell…

Mar 24, 2022 | QPNews, QPUpdate

Question: What do you get when you take a youth pastor, a previous youth pastor, and three young people willing to share their faith? Answer: a big splashOn Sunday, Brodie and I had the joy of baptising three of our young people, and yes, there was a literal big...
Rejoicing with The Point

Rejoicing with The Point

Mar 17, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate

It is probably safe to say that if you’ve been reading the news, or visited a fuel pump, or got your gas bill this week, or tuned in to QPBC’s church meeting last Wednesday, it’s been a rough week for you. I know it has been for me. Human suffering has been thought...
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Praying in a war zone

Mar 10, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate

In July 2021 Vladimir Putin published a 5000-word essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”. In March 2022 the essay was enacted, and Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbour attacking the Ukrainian people and threatening the...
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The only thing that counts…

Mar 3, 2022 | Amazing Grace, News, QPUpdate, Teaching series

Amazing Grace: Galatians 5: 1 – 12 This week I want to start the blog with a bit of a personal reflection. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Traditionally it is a day of fasting, confession and repentance. I grew up in a Christian household. We did pancake Tuesday,...
Rejoicing & Weeping, Growing and Shrinking.

Rejoicing & Weeping, Growing and Shrinking.

Feb 24, 2022 | QPUpdate

In Lewis Carroll’s rather bizarre tale of Alice and her adventures in wonderland, the young Alice on several occasions either eats or drinks something which causes her to grow or to shrink. I wonder if over the past couple of years our view of the world has grown or...
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Freedom and fatherhood

Feb 17, 2022 | QPUpdate

Let me begin with a story. It comes from a favourite film, the Shawshank Redemption. It’s the story of an old jailbird called Brooks Hatlen, Shawshank’s librarian. After 40 years of incarceration old-man, Brooks is released into a bright new world of freedom. But his...
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Who do you think you are?

Feb 3, 2022 | QPUpdate

Our New Identity in Christ. The news in Scotland this week has been full of pictures of trees in the Northeast blown down by Storm Malik on Saturday then Storm Corrie. A photo in a recent BBC News article showing a picture of thousands of trees toppled like toothpicks...
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Blinded by grace

Jan 27, 2022 | QPUpdate

June 2019 saw a historic event occur on the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival. The rapper Stormzy became the first black solo British headliner at the iconic festival. Central to his performance was his hit song “Blinded by your Grace” The excited crowd of...
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What does grace look like?

Jan 20, 2022 | QPUpdate

Who exemplifies grace for you? What image comes to mind when you think of a grace-filled person? You might want to ponder that thought as we head to Sunday. In popular thinking, a grace-full person is a doormat, a rollover who is passive and silent in the face of...

Grace – it’s Amazing!

Jan 13, 2022 | QPUpdate

The turn of a calendar page makes little difference to reality, nevertheless, the beginning of a new year symbolises change and fresh possibilities for many of us. So how are you launching into 2022? Some of us remain disheartened and exhausted as we continue to...