One more step along the world
One of the songs chosen for the baptism of baby Lucy was Sidney Carter’s One more step along the world I go. Mairwen reflects on baptism as the beginning of our journey of faith and how our faith sustains us.
Christ the King
Jesus, the shepherd king, showed how a king and leader should love and serve his people.
Remembrance Sunday 2019
Remembering the high cost of the peace we enjoy today.
The Grace of God
As Christians, we know that when we have done wrong we can repent and receive forgiveness from God; but we must also accept that we cannot always undo the damage that we have done. Mairwen explores this conflict between grace and guilt as she reflects on Psalm 32 and the story of Zaccheus.
Bible Sunday 2019
Psalm 119 is a masterpiece of Hebrew literature. The section we look at today, verses 129-136, underlines the importance of the Word of God which touches every aspect of our lives. Our calling is to help spread that Word to the very ends of the Earth.
Hope, not Despair
We live in an age of uncertainty with ongoing Brexit negotiations and the climate crisis. Yet we are called not to despair but to be beacons of hope in a difficult world.
Wrestling with God
Jacob wrestles with God as he waits to cross the Jabbok River. Sometimes God plants a vision in our hearts and we have to wrestle with God and with our own doubts when we consider how to respond.
Harvest 2019
Today marks the Harvest Festival and, while giving thanks for the changing of the seasons and God’s provision for our needs, it is also a time for looking outwards at the needs of the world around us. Today we focused on our CMS partners, Fiona and Joel Kelling in Jordan.
Angels on Earth
On the feast of St Michael, celebrated together as a whole ministry area in St Michael’s, Cwmdu, Revd Dr Mark Clavier talks about our sometimes unknowing interaction with angels.
God and Money
The parable of the shrewd (or dishonest) manager is one which is hard to understand, but the story ends with the warning “you cannot serve both God and money”. Barry looks at the priorities in our lives and asks “what would Jesus say?”
The Lost Coin
From our earliest moments as a baby playing peek-a-boo, being lost and found, losing and finding, is part of the very fabric of our lives. Janet explores the story of the lost sheep and the lost coin from different angles.
Racial Justice Sunday
John Newton wrote the hymn Amazing Grace after he realised the evils of the slave trade he was involved with and, together with William Wilberforce, worked tirelessly to restore justice. And yet today slavery is still present in our world, even in our own country. The challenge of racial justice and intolerance is ever with us and challenges us to act in accordance with God’s principles.