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Psalm 125
We’re back on the mountain tops with this next Psalm: “Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures for ever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and for evermore” (Psalm 125:1-2). These are the words of one who…
Why we need experts
The church is on the other side of town and most of those on the walk knew very little about my area. What I considered to be common knowledge about the community’s demographics, crime rates and social issues were completely unknown to them. Their fresh perspectives caused me to consider in a new…
Abi Jarvis
Scottish Public Leader: Year 4, weekend 1
A diverse group of people in their twenties and thirties gathered together over 24 hours to learn and grow in their role as public leaders in their area of work. It was a great opportunity to get to know new people who are passionate for Christ, and who are placed in a wide variety of professions:…
Christine Uhlig
There is absolutely absolute truth
She pulled her music from the streaming platform Spotify in protest of the exploitation of new artists during free trials, has had an ongoing feud with the Kardashian-Wests, and more recently has been speaking up about issues with her management and label. Swift certainly has her critics, and has…
Bethany Macleod
End Violence. Protect Aid. Defend DFID
We are about to witness potentially the most important election for a generation with Britain at a pivotal moment in its relationship with the rest of the world. In this General Election, it is critical to call on all candidates to commit to prioritising the world’s most vulnerable and support the…
Advent reflection: Hope / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Gobaith
Worshipping in a war zone proved to be a life-changing experience. I will never forget the night I was invited to preach for the first time in Karlovac Baptist church, for example. The brutal civil war that broke out following the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia resulted in the small…
God’s follower, society’s leader
Margaret was born in New York on 20 June 1860. When she was five her father died and her mother decided to return to Scotland, where Margaret and her sister received an upper-class education at a school that Margaret felt “trained girls to be ridiculous snobs”. This was her first taste of class…
Looking back at a year of public leadership
But 16 inspiring public leaders, who are serving God in healthcare, law, filmmaking, the charity sector and other places in public life, responded to God’s prompting and decided to spend a year with us, to develop their leadership skills and dig deeper into God’s plans for them and their areas of…
God, the ultimate director
I grew up without a TV and barely any films. At the age of 11, the only films I had seen were The Sound of Music, Flipper, some cartoons, a couple of Dutch movies for children, and an incidental scene of Schindler’s List. It’s incredible the extent to which these films influenced my household. When…
Advent reflection: Joy / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Llawenydd
‘Tis the season to be jolly’, say the words of the old song. In the misdt of the hussle and bussle of endeavouring to ‘get everything done’ for the big day, it’s easy to forget that Christmas is a festival of joy. But there is more to the joy of this festival than keeping a smiling face or making…
Menna Machreth
Psalm 129-130
During the first few weeks of this election campaign more than 300,000 people (two-thirds under 35s) registered to vote in the largest pre-deadline surge ever. This will include first-time voters, many of whom may have felt left out when they were just too young to vote in the Brexit referendum. In…
Unity, truth and reconciliation - the foundations of the future
From my experience, New Zealand was an incredibly welcoming and inclusive country. Everywhere we went – despite the vast number of other tourists – we were received with warmth and kindness. I was shocked, therefore, when I learnt more about the country’s history and the journey that they’ve been…
Eve Paterson
Psalm 133
Unity is hard to dislike – at least in theory. And so the first verse of this Psalm is a popular one: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.” But it’s an odd verse to read just after an election. While in our democracy there’s a lot that unites us, an election is…
Peter Lynas becomes Evangelical Alliance UK director
The Evangelical Alliance has appointed Peter Lynas as its UK director. In this role he will work alongside new CEO Gavin Calver, championing the voice of evangelicals to the media and across the four nations, while bringing leadership to the core areas of advocacy, mission and unity within the…
Missing God at Christmas
For example, nativity plays generally don’t depict all the denizens of Bethlehem who go to sleep, wake up and go about their business, completely ignoring the nativity taking place three doors down. And yet, surely part of the story is those who missed it: “He was in the world, and the world came…
John Coleby
