Pushing through the dark

Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. James 5v7 This picture of a joyous clump of snowdrops was taken on a walk that our family enjoyed a couple of

Let there be light

In the beginningProbably some of the easiest words to recall from the Bible are the opening verses in Genesis 1, where an account of God’s creative power are laid out. In verse 3, God’s first recorded words appear: Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3 The theme of light

The Pressure of Perfectionism

Last week, our Sunday speaker really caught my attention when he discussed the parable of the sower, or perhaps more accurately, the parable of the soils. In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a story about a farmer who is sowing seed, and the kinds of places the seed lands. Depending on the place, the seed has