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I'm sure many have asked the question where is God in the midst of crisis or suffering. Maybe you've asked it as a result of the coronavirus pandemic with all the suffering and uncertainty, the loss of loved ones, uncertainty about your job, or the treatment you need is not forthcoming. I've recently been reading … Continue reading A Hidden God
(This is an introduction that scratches the surface of a big subject) Richard Burgess, 14.06.2020. We are living in critical, complex and strange days. What happens in one part of the world can quickly impact another. What’s important in one part of the world doesn’t make the headlines in another. We think of the Coronavirus … Continue reading Let Justice Flow Like Rivers
What a day! A day that would change 120 individuals, impact thousands, and go on to empower a movement that would impact the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ, transforming lives and communities right down to this day. The Spirit had been promised generations before, an outpouring such as the world had never … Continue reading Pentecost – the day the Spirit came in power
There are four major events in the Christian calendar: Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost. We are all familiar with Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, but the Ascension is another question. Christmas we get, Easter we get, and Pentecost we get, but the Ascension? Is that just for theologians? Does it really matter? The fact is the ascension … Continue reading The Ascension – the forgotten event
