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Joy. Fleeting happiness or deep and everlasting

Joy. Fleeting happiness or deep and everlasting

As a nation we’ve just been taken on an emotional rollercoaster these last few weeks as Gareth Southgate led our men’s national football team to new heights (at least that most of us can remember). There have been moments of utmost joy and ecstasy, but also moments of...

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Exploring Hope

Exploring Hope

Hope can be defined as, “a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen” and/or “a feeling of trust”. Now if you are reading this and you are human, I’m sure you agree that the definition doesn’t even begin to unpack this fascinating phenomenon....

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Living Water – A Deeper Look At Forgiveness

Living Water – A Deeper Look At Forgiveness

I want us to look at a few crazy images of forgiveness within the Bible, which should tell us much of what we need to know about forgiveness; how it transforms us and everything around us. I will first start with a book called Leviticus... In the Bible, Leviticus...

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Cheap Grace – The Diluted Gospel

Cheap Grace – The Diluted Gospel

Dietrich Bonhoeffer describes cheap grace as the deadly enemy of our Church, grace can be represented as something that we can have for free, no cost and little sacrifice. Many have fallen into the falsified superstition that grace is a cheap covering for sin, nothing...

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Integrity – The Coach and the Dojo Point

Integrity – The Coach and the Dojo Point

There was a school in the middle of London, and a class was due to have their last PE session before the holidays. As this was their last PE lesson, the coach decided to do a fun activity involving throwing and catching. The children would have lots of challenges to...

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Perseverance – Spare a thought for the Olympians.

Perseverance – Spare a thought for the Olympians.

I wonder what comes to your mind when you think about Perseverance. Normally my answer to that question would be running a marathon. This year though, I’ve been thinking about Olympic athletes. I’ve come to realise that getting ready for competing at an Olympic Games...

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