Category: Developing Faith

  • Today Come and See…

    Today Come and See…

    The infant lying in His mother’s arms,The Shepherds bowing at His feet,Strange visitors from another place,bringing precious gifts and treasures.Come and see,The son answering a mother’s request,Water into wine,The multiplied bread and fish,To feed the hungry,The opening of eyes blind from birth,To see Mercy’s face.Come and see,The man leaping, dancing, praising,Rescued from a bed of…

  • Come and See Jesus this Christmas..

    Come and See Jesus this Christmas..

    I was thinking yesterday of how so many Christmas songs and carols invite us to come and see and to come and take part in the wonder of Christmas. It reminded me of the invitation Jesus extends to all of us….come and see. This Christmas we extend the invitation to others to “Come and see”…

  • Look the Part…Play your Part

    Look the Part…Play your Part

    A #ThursdayThrowback post inspired by the Olympic Games. Look the Part…Play your part. These are the words that greeted me yesterday on a very large boxed package that arrived with my name on it. It was very exciting to receive such a large parcel through the post and then to unwrap it and read those…

  • A Travelling Gospel..

    A Travelling Gospel..

    Here is Grace no.12. Isn’t she beautiful. She’s a Wesleyan Home Mission travelling gospel horse drawn car for travelling preachers. I knew that John Wesley was an itinerant preacher on horseback but I didn’t know about these later gospel mission cars. I saw Grace No.12 yesterday at The Black Country Living Museum and immediately fell…

  • The Narrow Gate…

    The Narrow Gate…

    Tomorrow, we head off to the Yorkshire Dales for a holiday. I’m looking forward to walking in the Dales, breathing in the fresh air and seeing those rolling green hills. I am sharing a re-post about “the narrow gate” which was inspired by an earlier visit to the Peak District. On our first evening in…

  • When Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus…Encounters with Jesus

    When Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus…Encounters with Jesus

    Today’s post in our series is by Alan Kearns who blogs at Devotional Treasure. Alan was one of the first Christian writers that I connected with on WordPress and he is a true inspiration. “And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple cloak off Him and put His own garments on Him. And…

  • When the Religious Elite met Jesus..Encounters with Jesus

    When the Religious Elite met Jesus..Encounters with Jesus

    Today’s post in our series of Encounters with Jesus is written by Nathan Berry who is a presenter on Pure247radio. His inspiration is taken from the verses in Matthew 22:15-46. His thoughts follow on beautifully this week with our theme of humility. Keep Your Trap ShutEver wished you’d kept your mouth shut? There’s a group…