KEEPING OUR FOCUS – Rev Maurice Fearns

2 Oct 2023

‘So let us keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us’ Phil.3:15 TM. During a recent pastoral visit our minister, Ross, mentioned a book which had been recommended to him bearing the title “Stolen Focus”. Written by a journalist...

CULTIVATING COMPASSION – Rev Maurice Fearns

26 Sep 2023

‘When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them’ Mt.9:36 CEB, (TM says ‘his heart broke’, GN says ‘his heart was filled with pity’) The image of Jesus as the Compassionate One is scorched on the pages of the Four Gospels; when looking on the crowd, or Jerusalem,...

THE INDISPENSABLE FACTOR – Rev Maurice Fearns

18 Sep 2023

‘He is before all things, and in him all things hold together’ Col.1:1 One of the hardest lessons anyone can face is to be told they are dispensable, “We are sorry, but we don’t require your services anymore”. You become redundant, retrenched, and find yourself in the...