Church News (Page 82)

By Not Known Things were once made to last – furniture, electrical appliances, shoes, etc. But nowadays, we can almost apply the following local saying to almost everything, “”Buy and throw away“ The rapid improvement of technologies coupled with a new aesthetic appreciation has brought about a new system of values to material things. “The…

By Not Known To many of us, the New Year means making new resolutions. As we take stock of the year that has passed us by, we would resolve to begin the New Year by initiating fresh inroads into the improvement of various areas of our lives. Often we make resolutions that would centre on enhancing our own happiness. I am afraid we may be in danger of barking up the wrong…

By Not Known 2O08 has not been much of a year for humanity. Governments and key international bodies again largely failed to restrain evil and seemed to have missed their chance on climate change. Greed and fear gripped the financial markets and spilled over into major economic difficulties. Violence remained in the usual trouble spots and had a final splurge in the…

By Not Known It’s easy to be joyful at this season. There are holidays, the streets are brightly lit, greetings and gifts are exchanged and parties are held. It’s worth examining this joy. Where is our joy located? What is the occasion of our joy? Where is our joy located? There’s a joy in the body as we rest, eat and drink. There’s a joy in our…

By Not Known God was and God created. And behold there were people, one with the earth from whose dust we are formed, but also one with God whose image we bare and whose breath give life. There we were, true children of the soil, but also the family of God. That’s us isn’t it? Made from the elements of the earth, yet made to be God’s family. Our natural…

By Not Known ‘Do It Yourself‘ (DIY) is back in vogue. We head to the hardware store, buy some gear and tackle that home project. But DIY can be our nightmare and a contractor’s dream – we mess up and then pay up as the contractor repairs our damage. DIY can be a nightmare in home repairs. DIY is a disaster when it comes to repairing our…

By Not Known Our church family includes men and women who struggle with homosexuality, along with such heterosexual issues as premarital sex and adultery. It also includes people who struggle with greed, selfishness, hatred and such like. That should not surprise us, for Paul saw the same struggles when he looked at the early church (see 1 Cor 6:9- 1O for a fuller list).…

By Not Known A friend was so excited that he kept telling everyone he met after a church service, how inspiring, how full of zing and how ‘anointed’ the sermon was. His jaw however dropped and was at a loss for words when a fellow congregant asked him what had he learnt from the sermon. A similar mindset was reflected during the recent financial crisis when…