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Category: Hope

Regather. Rejoice. Lament. Rebuild.

Church families are returning to their buildings once again in the UK and Ireland, after a break of almost four … More

Covid19, Local Church, Ministry

Even this, Lord Jesus?

Ours is a hyperbolic age, a time when words have become a devalued currency, where sentiment often masks a lack … More

Christ Jesus, Christianity, Empathy, Hope

Will the plague come near to our door?

The first Lord’s Day since the Covid-19 Coronavirus began to reach our shores has passed. In most fellowships in the … More

Christianity, Coronavirus, Hope, Psalms, Suffering

No pang shall be mine?

John Wesley famously summarised the final outworking of the gospel in the hearts of those within early Methodism with the … More

Bereavement, death, eschatology, Grief, Hope

Hope and holidays

If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom … More

Heaven, Holiday, Hope, Rest, Restlessness, Vacation

For whom did Christ rise?

As the approach to Good Friday reaches its final sections, and Christians around the world prepare to amplify the resurrection … More

Christ’s return, Christianity, Doctrine, eschatology, salvation, theology

Hope by any other name

The etymology of words seldom brings us hope. If sentences and paragraphs, properly constructed and carefully concocted, are slender means … More

C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Hope, Poems, Poetry
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