Tag Archives: Kingdom of God

Sheer foolishness

What do you find embarrassing? Do you have any really embarrassing memories? How do you cope with embarrassment? Does it make a difference for you if it’s you being embarrassed or somebody else? I have to say that I cope very badly with embarrassment. I hate things going wrong, and I get annoyed and angry. […]

February 20, 2011 – 1:01 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

God works everything out?

Our reading from Ephesians this morning jumps right into the middle of this letter’s opening paragraph, a hymn of praise to God.   In this praise we find an important truth about God. “He works everything out in conformity with the purpose of his will.”   I find this to be quite a difficult thing to understand.  […]

November 9, 2010 – 10:18 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

What King do you see?

Today is the feast day of Christ the King. I wonder what kind of picture comes into our heads when we hear the word, “King”. I wonder how we react to the idea of someone being King over us? What does it mean to have a King? These questions are difficult enough when we’re thinking […]

November 22, 2009 – 12:43 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

How much is enough?

He ran up to Jesus. He knelt. He must have thought a lot of Jesus. He knelt in the road. He must have heard and been impressed by Jesus’ teaching. He knelt in the road, in the dust. How highly must he have rated Jesus. Have you ever run up to someone and knelt in […]

October 12, 2009 – 2:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

A hot favourite?

Imagine a meeting. With all the words about courts and judges, James is probably picturing a kind of court room, a place where disputes are sorted out, maybe even between fellow Christians. So, picture the scene, the church has gathered to sort out a disagreement between two of its members. The first one arrives, looking […]

September 6, 2009 – 1:17 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Whose Image?

Put yourself in the sandals of those who had been following Jesus and learning from him. Three years ago you had a proper job. Who were you back then? Were you an outdoors type, maybe a fisherman? Were you more of an office worker, with pens, paper and calculations everywhere? Were you a widow, catching […]

October 20, 2008 – 8:08 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Motivation

What makes people do the things that they do? What is it that motivates people? What makes you get out of bed in the morning? As I was watching the Olympics a couple of weeks ago these questions were going through my mind a bit. What really struck me was the respect that interviewers and […]

September 7, 2008 – 6:10 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Included

Misha is desperate. She came to the UK from the Czech Republic because she had heard that there was work. She’s been here six months and is still paying back the loan she took out to fund her ticket. Four days ago she got a letter from home. Her little sister, Anya, has taken ill […]

August 17, 2008 – 4:29 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)