Tag Archives: listening

How to Talk

This morning we are coming to the end of our series in which we have been exploring one of our church values, that of “Loving Each Other”. This week we are thinking about “Talking to each other and not about each other” In many ways, this is linked with what David was talking about last […]

July 12, 2020 – 11:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Handling Conflict

This morning we are continuing our sermon series focussed on living in community. This week we are thinking about conflict in the church, about how we can handle it well, so that it doesn’t become destructive or fracture our life together. The reality is that when people live together, work together, get closer together, there […]

January 21, 2018 – 3:16 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Restoring Strength

When we get back from holiday earlier in the week there was a pile of post on the doormat, all needing to be sorted out. I wonder how you feel when you see a letter on the doormat. Some are marketing bumph and go straight in the bin. Some look official: on the bright side […]

August 20, 2017 – 12:15 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Speak Lord

I have a bit of a soft spot for good old Ananias. There he is, minding his own business in Damascus, when one day God speaks to him in a vision. In scenes reminiscent of the call of Samuel in the Old Testament, God starts with a simple call of a name. “Ananias”. Now, compared […]

May 24, 2017 – 12:24 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Bible Sunday 2015

Every year we go to New Wine, a great big Christian conference/holiday. One of the things about that type of event is that you have the opportunity to get some in depth Bible teaching. One year, there was something about the way the guy doing the Bible teaching held his Bible that really hit me. […]

October 26, 2015 – 9:35 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

That I may hear

Today’s reading is from the account of Jesus’ life written by John. In the first half of his book, John shares some of Jesus’ teaching and the miraculous signs that he did to show that he was the Son of God. In the second half of his book, John shares in detail the things that […]

June 22, 2015 – 8:33 am | By tim | Posted in Sunday Afternoon Thing | 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)