We’ve all heard the saying that something bad which happened was ‘a blessing in disguise’. There are probably numerous examples from our own life that we could use to illustrate the point.

As always, we attempt to keep the messages both relevant to everyday life and topical and that’s certainly the case today as well. Christmas is behind us and, although we still have the New Year to look forward to, in no time at all that will also be in the past.

I’ve been very blessed this week (on Monday just gone, to be precise) to have celebrated my first year of retirement.

I’m sure that most people – if not all of us to some degree – have been in the position where we have been hurt by another, and the reaction has been to pull up the drawbridge, and to cut ourself off from everyone.

The passage of scripture (there’s always a biblical foundation to the message) comes from Luke 7, where the ‘sinful woman’ shed tears on the feet of Jesus and wiped them with her hair.

On a daily basis where I live – and no doubt where you are as well – Christmas decorations begin to appear all over the place.

This week’s message is about the importance of being flexible, with the opening story coming from a fishing trip that I had planned.

Anyone who even remotely knows anything about me, will be aware of how much I love angling. Is it a passion though? Or maybe an obsession?

The Lancaster bomber that he was in was shot down by a famous German fighter pilot, Heinz Vinke.

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘Chasing your dreams’ and, of course, it’s good to be ambitious. In itself, there’s nothing wrong with that.