Hope is an essential component of life, we are wired for it, it envisions, stirs and motivates us to keep moving forward in the most difficult of circumstances, when we lose it we are in trouble as hopelessness and despair set in – “hope deferred makes the heart sick.” This year covid19 and the subsequent … Continue reading Hope Fulfilled
What is God saying through Covid 19?
That might sound strange to some ears, God speaking through Covid? Can he? Does he? Is he? I don't intend for one moment to say that God orchestrated it, or that it's God's judgement, but as C. S. Lewis said, "Pain is God's megaphone." Yes, God has a way of using the events we are … Continue reading What is God saying through Covid 19?
A Hidden God
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
Let Justice Flow Like Rivers
(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
Pentecost – the day the Spirit came in power
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
