Category: Developing Faith
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When a rich man met Jesus..Encounters with Jesus

Today’s encounter is written by Andy Brown who blogs at http://andy-brown.org. Please check out Andy’s blog which I have found a great encouragement and blessing. There are some great points which Andy brings out of this encounter. The Rich Young Ruler In this Encounter with Jesus, a rich young ruler has a conversation with Christ.…
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When “Sami” met Jesus…Encounters with Jesus

Reaching Jesus Through the Roof by David Duncan at David’s Daily Dose Greetings. My name is Samiya, but my friends call me Sami. I’m a carpenter from Capernaum. Would you believe I once worked with Jesus of Nazareth? It was back when he was a carpenter too. But then came my accident. One day, some other carpenter friends were…
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When Anna met Jesus…Encounters with Jesus

Morning everyone, this is the first post in our series about encounters with Jesus written by Andy B who you may know from the Berry Bunch Family. If you have not yet discovered the Berry Bunch then I hope you will drop by…you will be blessed. There is something very special in this story which…
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Encounters with Jesus..

I am excited to share some upcoming posts in this season of Lent about encounters people had with Jesus and how those encounters impacted them. The gospels are full of stories of people meeting Jesus…all sorts of different people..rich,poor,educated,religious leaders, foreigners,the sick and dying, the outcasts, prisoners,authority figures and ordinary folk…..people we can all identify…
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Fulfillment..

This week my prayer is from Philippians 3:8 about finding true fulfillment in Jesus Christ and this timely quote from Coretta Scott-King the wife of Dr. Martin Luther-King was part of my readings this week. ‘I’m fulfilled in what I do,’ she wrote, ‘I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes –…
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Thermometer or Thermostat? Flashback Friday

When we were away at our church weekend we were reminded that as Christians we can choose to be thermometers or thermostats. So we know a thermometer takes the temperature but it can’t alter the temperature. It just tells it as it is. There are plenty of us that can have an opinion on situations…
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Lost and found…

Recently, our little cat Leia went missing. It couldn’t have happened at a worst time. My mum, Pam had recently passed away and we were in the middle of preparing the funeral. At first we didn’t realise that she was missing. We were pre-occupied with other things, but then realisation dawned that we had not…
