The Good News we still believe in
If you follow the news, you’ll know that Christianity often appears in the headlines for reasons that feel a long way from the heart of the gospel.
Stephen Thorp
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Easter hope in a world at war
There are moments when the world feels unbearably heavy, as we witness on our televisions and social media feeds the fact that America and Israel have attacked Iran - a conflict that many people probably thought possible but hoped would never happen!
A Helmet of Remembrance – A Cross of Redemption
Before the glories of ‘Super Sunday’, when we were all rejoicing in the fact that Team GB had just won its 2nd and 3rd gold medals at the Winter Olympics, there was another story that took centre stage.
When the taps run dry: From Kent to Kyiv
Just recently, the Thorp family has suffered a ‘MAJOR CRISIS’ – our dishwasher stopped working!
YOU are warmly invited to join us this Christmas
Did you know that there is something of a ‘quiet revival’ going on in our country?
A ‘surprise’ Thorp family reflection for Remembrance Sunday
Some of you will know that sadly both of my parents have recently died, and it fell to my younger brother and I to sort out their estate and clear their house.
Patriotism or prejudice: The conundrum of British flag flying
Many of us will be aware that in recent months there has been a spate of British flag flying, with both Union and St George’s Cross Flags being displayed from lampposts, bridges and other prominent locations across the country.
Ukraine – tightrope walking its way to peace
Tightrope walking is the skill of maintaining balance whilst walking along a tensioned wire between two points – a skill that Ukraine’s President Zelensky must master if he is to secure a lasting peace for his country – and it is most uncomfortable and fraught with difficulty.
Science and theology - mutual companions on the journey to truth!
Many of us will remember the New Atheism that was greatly prevalent in the media twenty years ago, largely promoted by the group known as the ‘Four Horsemen’ being Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett who sought to promote a strongly secular, scientifically rational worldview which was quite independent of religious faith.
Desiring a new heart for our foolish world!
Did you know that the human heart leans slightly (but not dramatically) to the left? This is because the left ventricle is larger and more muscular as it pumps blood around the body with its apex tilting leftwards – BUT in rare cases, like in a condition called