Category: God

Last Sunday was a pretty exciting day for me.  Not because of our little family trip to the Great Brick Safari at Wisley Gardens (although that was good fun), but because I preached a sermon for the first time.  I say “for the first time” as I’m hoping that I might be asked back at some point.  I mean, it was definitely one of the more nerve-wracking things I’ve done, but once I was standing up there, notes in hand and looking out at the supportive faces of lots of lovely people from my church, I actually had a lot of fun. 

My church puts recordings of sermons online, so if you fancy listening to the full 15 minutes, you can do so here, but as I’m never one to pass up a blog post opportunity, I thought I’d write an abridged version to go on my blog. 

Continue reading “Telling the Truth”

151 days ago our curate suggested that before opening up our emails and social media accounts each morning, we should start each day by reading something from the Bible. The idea was to start our day with God rather than all the other things that we allow to bombard us day in, day out. I decided that I would take that challenge, starting the very next day. And as some of my quick-witted readers may have guessed from the start of this paragraph, this morning I read the final Psalm. I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself for sticking with it to be honest.

Continue reading “Lessons from Psalms”