‘Wear Your Faith Fortnight.’ Christians across South Yorkshire are being encouraged to wear a symbol of their faith for the two weeks either side of Halloween. People sometimes say that faith should be a private matter. That is to misunderstand the very nature of the Christian faith.
Read MoreI’ve been thinking about headlines. There’s a buzz about them, but headlines are superficial, they rarely tell the whole story.
Read MoreThere are congratulations and celebrations in the air around Sheffield. So who, or what has top place in your affection and attention?
Read MoreWhat a crazy season we have all just been through! This September it feels a lot like pressing ‘restart’ on church, almost like we are beginning it all over again. We commend you for holding firm in your faith thus far. Let’s go further together.
Read MoreThis Christmas week I became a stargazer in the hope of seeing ‘the great conjunction’ as Jupiter and Saturn crossed paths in the night sky. It made me think about those Magi 2000 years ago who followed a heart-hunch that God was calling them to follow his star towards Jesus.
Read More“Bah humbug!” said Ebenezer Scrooge so famously in Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. The Christian message behind Christmas deserves scrutiny for humbug. If it has no substance, if Christmas is merely about tinsel, TV and turkey then we must dismiss it as a festival devoid of deep meaning.
Read MoreLife seems to happen so fast around us. The things we once viewed as being a long way off suddenly become today’s events. The Bible offers the advice that sometimes we just need to stop and attend not just to the urgent, but to the most important things in life.
Read MoreLockdown 2.0 comes to an end next week., the city is opening up again. 2020 has been a tough year. How willing are you this Christmas time to be open to new ideas, new thought, new faith?
Read MoreCan all your worries add a single moment to your life? Worry is placing your emotions at the mercy of an event which hasn’t happened and may never happen. Is there more solid ground to build our thoughts and dreams upon?
Read MoreToday is Halloween. Everywhere I go, I bump into fake cobwebs, dangling skulls and carefully branded orange and black products. It’s something we’ve all grown up with, but I wonder if you’ve ever stopped to think about what you are joining in with?
Read MoreLast week at The Well we celebrated Harvest Festival, giving to our local foodbank. In the midst of hardship and uncertainty comes the call to count our blessings because there is always something to be thankful for.
Read MoreI’m just back from a family holiday at the French seaside. Each time a wave retreated we would make a mad dash to get further out, only to be rocked back on our heels by the next wave. It really was two steps forward, one step back. Life in lockdown feels that way, doesn’t it? You make a little progress, only to lose ground elsewhere.
Read MoreThis week my family were invited to a good friend’s allotment in Sheffield to share their abundance of food in a barbeque. It got me thinking about the kind of “soil” that’s deep within our hearts.
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