Category Archives: Shelton

Dancing to the music of the future

Someone once said that hope is hearing the music of the future and faith is dancing to it. Both our readings this morning are about Christian faith. There are three things that I’d like to draw out from them that I believe we need to get our heads round if we are to follow Jesus […]

August 8, 2010 – 5:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Their mission, our mission.

In May we had the opportunity to meet together and explore ways of “sharing good news”. A couple of weeks ago we had the Canals Festival. In this next week we are visiting homes in Etruria, surveying people’s thoughts about the community that they live in, about God, and about the church. Tomorrow night we […]

July 11, 2010 – 3:28 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Telling the Wonders of God

I wonder if you ever watch those TV programmes or films where they have messed around with the timeline? You know the kind of thing, the film starts with a wedding and then the rest of the film is flashbacks to things that have happened in the lead up to the wedding. Through all the […]

June 8, 2010 – 11:30 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A Place of Prayer

I’d like to take you on a journey this morning. As we travel we will stop off at various places, meet different people and hear what is being said. As we travel, I’d like to encourage you to think about similar journeys that you have taken, or maybe that you are on at the moment. […]

May 17, 2010 – 4:01 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Love and Obey

I’ve just finished reading a novel which took the form of a parable of a man’s journey to faith. This guy is a technology whizz kid, and at one stage he decides that the best way for him to help people follow Jesus is to go through the Bible and draw together all Jesus’ teaching […]

May 9, 2010 – 11:53 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Yearning

Have you ever watched a dog on a lead? Of course, just like people, every dog is different but it seems to me that in the main they fall into four different categories. Firstly are those who you see going for a walk who just amble alongside their owners, maybe a bit lazy, maybe a […]

March 22, 2010 – 4:05 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

How are you doing with your Smarties?

Apparently in America, Smarties are not like the Smarties that you and I know. In America, Smarties, are a roll of multicolored, chalklike, bite-size candies wrapped in clear plastic, about ten to twelve pieces in a pack. A bit like our Refreshers or Lovehearts. Can you imagine what I mean? They are perfect for sharing. […]

February 24, 2010 – 4:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Obedience, worship, and faith

Have you ever seen one of those films in which some of the characters find their way into a treasure hoard? They run from side to side, not knowing where to start looking at things. They pick one thing up and then dash over to the other side of the room as another jewel catches […]

February 8, 2010 – 12:42 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Renewing

This morning we come to the third in our Advent mini-series on refining, reviving and renewing. A couple of weeks ago Marg helped us to think about God’s refining work in our lives. We heard about the real live example of a silver refiner, and what that can show us about how God works in […]

December 22, 2009 – 11:59 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Reviving?

I really struggled this week to work out what I was to say this morning. I really wanted to talk about a particular subject, but the bit of the Bible that we are looking at this morning didn’t seem to say much about it. Let me explain. Last week, Marg spoke about one of the […]

December 13, 2009 – 1:41 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)