If you’re anything like me then you have made your way through this season of Advent wrestling with a desire to feel more ‘festive’ (whatever that means!) th...

I have wrestled throughout Advent with when/if was the right time to share this brilliant article that I read at the start of the month. But having thought l...

There seems to be a growing sense of expectation in our house this year – one that hasn’t really been seen in this way before. Because for the first time it w...

At its very heart Christmas is an amazing time and one that it is right that we celebrate: the gift of God Himself being born into human time and space, full...

There was an advert several years ago that, if memory serves, had the key character exclaiming: ‘I’m a control freak!’ Anyway, that advert is on my mind at t...

I woke this morning with the words spoken of Jesus in John 1 on my mind: ‘full of grace and truth.’ I’m not quite sure why they were more or less the first t...

I’ve decided that one of the things I’ll do over the next few weeks is look at some of the characters in the biblical narrative of the Christmas story and tr...

I realise that the title for this post may lead to a question: ‘Isn’t it always a time to pray?’ And of course the answer to that would be a resounding: ‘Yes...

Yesterday morning in Southside we were looking at Mark 15: the final events leading up to and then the crucifixion and death of Jesus. And during the talk I ...

This morning we are in the 15th chapter of Mark’s Gospel and the penultimate talk in the series that we began back in early August.  And one of the things th...

It is December 1st. And in our home that means only one thing: the Christmas tree will be bought (from the same place that supplied (supplies?) the tree at 1...