Last week I took a family holiday to Cornwall, watching a squawky, wobbly baby seagull and its mum teach me lessons about God.
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We are often keen to throw a lot of money on home improvements and necessary maintenance. We love the feeling of something new and something we can touch. But what about self-care, what about routine maintenance for our soul?
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Humans are made for work and rest. People are desperate for brain space and to take a rest from their work. There is an alternative which is to work from a place of rest. An inner peace will navigate us healthily through external responsibilities and even turmoil.
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News headlines are beginning to appear of significant job losses, and the prospect of many more to come across our nation. Work is a good thing. It offers structured purpose, a sense of community and often tremendous satisfaction and fulfilment, and God created it.
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I heard a radio interview last week with Tom Jones, recounting stories of his time on The Voice UK. I was surprised by how unabashed he was about his own fame. Then he said something very telling…
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Pause for Thought is a noble sentiment. But I wonder how much you and I actually do that? How often we give ourselves the gift of time and space to catch our breath from the hurly burly of everyday life, and simply pause to reflect? To think, to delve deeper and discover more about ourselves and the world, and perhaps to reassess what our foundations are built upon.
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Do we really want to return to how everything used to be after lockdown? Can we find a more positive outcome, can we be brave and think carefully about the kind of society we wish to build after the chaos of 2020 subsides? Who will take the lead?
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We’ve experienced another tumultuous week around the world. The brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has stirred reaction in our own city, and many hearts.
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Many of us are wanting to understand what pray is and how to do it. Here Ruth Smith unpacks The Lords Prayer. When Jesus was asked how do you you pray, this is the example he gave. Read the full scripture in the Bible at Matthew 6 verses 5-14.
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I took an early morning walk through Sheffield city centre this week, praying for us all as part of our Furnace 24/7 Week. I suddenly had a flood of new perspectives on familiar surroundings. I wonder if that’s the same for you, during this time of stay-at-home slowdown?
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What do you hope for? What are you looking forward to with confidence during these troubling times? As a Christian my experience of following Jesus shows me that hope is often anchored in the unseen, yet it is as solid and real as my hand in front of me.
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This weekend we’re celebrating VE day. Not for the first time does the nation pause, reflect and pray. How will you respond when this crisis subsides? May you turn to prayer, thanksgiving and wonder as generations have done before us.
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They say that hard times bring out the best in people. I see Sheffield being compassionate, being considerate, being courageous and able to be confident.
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In times like these its natural to want to look out for ourselves, to become inward looking. Will we also be brave enough to lift our eyes and look to the needs of our city and our wider world?
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Theologian Henri Nouwen once wrote that ‘…solitude is the place of the great struggle and the great encounter ‘. In the midst of our current solitude from the world around us, how can we encounter God in this space?
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Senior Leader, Nick Allan, has been sharing articles with The Sheffield Star news paper. Here’s the article from April 18 2020 - true peace of heart comes from surrendering to God.
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As our Prime Minister was admitted to intensive care this week The Sun newspaper carried the headline “He stayed at work for you... now pray at home for him.” The ultimate expression of servant leadership is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Small acts of kindness are taking over our local communities, and that can only be a positive consequence of this challenging situation.
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