Author Archives: tim

Jonah – Unconverted?

Welcome to the fourth week of our series exploring the book of Jonah, focussing especially on what it might have to say to us about conversion. Firstly a reminder of why we’re having this series. Our vision is for there to be a new congregation in Priorslee. This will mostly be made up of local […]

July 7, 2013 – 8:59 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Jonah and the Ninevites – Sorrow for Sin

Welcome to the third week of our series exploring the book of Jonah, focussing especially on what it might have to say to us about conversion. Firstly a reminder of why we’re having this series. Our vision is for there to be a new congregation in Priorslee. This will mostly be made up of local […]

July 1, 2013 – 7:42 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Freedom

Twenty three years ago a man walked out of prison, having been locked up for twenty seven years. One of the consequences of that imprisonment was irreversible damage done to the tissue in his lungs by TB and the fine dust created by the rocks that he was set to break. That damage has been […]

July 1, 2013 – 7:24 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Jonah and the Fish – Getting Rid of the Rubbish

This is the second in a series exploring the book of Jonah, focussing especially on what it might have to say to us about conversion. Firstly a reminder of why we’re having this series. Our vision is for there to be a new congregation in Priorslee. This will mostly be made up of local people […]

June 24, 2013 – 10:57 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Jonah and the Sailors – Conversion in Action

Our vision in Priorslee is for there to be a new congregation in Priorslee. This will mostly be made up of local people who will have come to faith in Jesus and will have decided to follow him.  This vision will only come into reality if people become Christians, if they convert to Christianity. In […]

June 17, 2013 – 7:26 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Telling Story, Answering Questions

I understand that over the last couple of months you have been working your way through Luke’s account of Jesus’ life, and have, in the weeks since Easter ended up at the beginning of Acts, also written by Luke, just leading up to Pentecost. Have I got that right? This morning, I’d like to start […]

May 8, 2013 – 11:28 am | By tim | Posted in Dawley Baptist | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Fruitful, Inviting, Growing

Who knows what this is? Yes, it’s a fig. Perhaps you might be more familiar with them in that classic English tea time treat – the fig roll. Has anyone here ever grown these things? I was going to say that I thought you had to grow them under glass in the UK, but a […]

March 4, 2013 – 11:50 am | By tim | Posted in Darby End | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Closer to the fire

When I was a lad I was in the Scouts. As far as I was concerned one of the main attractions of being in Scouts was that it gave me a good excuse for messing around with fires. On a couple of occasions, however, things didn’t go entirely to plan. Like the time I was […]

February 18, 2013 – 9:32 am | By tim | Posted in River Church | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Bells and Lights

I wonder if I might begin by sharing a poem with you, written by a bloke called Bob Hartman. Lights and bells, Bells and lights. Cold pale mornings, Long dark nights. As winter’s grey Grabs hold and bites, Christmas comes With sounds and sights. Lights and bells, Bells and lights. Lights and bells, Bells and […]

December 25, 2012 – 7:02 pm | By tim | Posted in Hadley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Remembrance 2012

Who here has a poppy? Who can tell me why we wear poppies at this time of year? To help us to remember. Sometimes it is really helpful for us to have a physical thing to help us to remember. These things work best when they are part of the story, of the events that happened, […]

November 12, 2012 – 4:55 pm | By tim | Posted in St George's Methodist | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)