Retirement
With Society ‘open for business’ again, we must not forget our older people
As a national UK lockdown eases, some people are returning to work and many church buildings are either open again, or making tentative plans to reopen; and even those…
Intergenerational Living: A Story of Encouragement
For hundreds of years, families have taken care of their ageing loved ones, with most families housing children, parents, and grandparents all under one roof. Today, we are seeing…
God Works Spirit to Spirit
We recently had the privilege of speaking with Mavis, a wonderful woman of Christ who is humbly obedient to the call of the Lord, and one of our Church…
Hidden treasures of ‘lockdown’.
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures: He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He…
5 Keys to Finding Purpose and Meaning in Lockdown
Finding purpose and meaning is, as the Bible presents it: God’s life giving plan for each one of his children. But during this time of isolation and shielding it’s…
3 Hidden Treasures of Lockdown
The Israelites, we read, wandered the wilderness for 40 years. With the benefit of scriptural hindsight, we can see the working hand of God on their situation, and the…
The hidden ‘coping’: have we forgotten someone?
Stoicism has sometimes been associated with a British ‘stiff upper lip’: enduring without unnecessary emotion. Getting on with it. The word comes from the ancient Stoics, who looked for inner…
One in 5 of us will live to 100. Let’s live it well!
Even before the most recent dire warnings about population decline, Ian Knox in his excellent book Finishing Well writes this: ‘There are vast numbers of statistics to show that a…
What does Summer look like for Seniors?
‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. And the…
Mobile Matinee
“How are you doing Moira?” “Awful, this is like a horror story.” “Are there any comparisons to your memories of growing up in World War 2?” “No…