Category Archives: This Sunday

We need to resist our modern culture of individualism and embrace community – especially the community of faith.

This week, Donald Trump’s Republican party suffered badly in the mid-term elections, with votes for Democrats surging across the USA. Why was that? Both J. D. Vance and Donald Trump blamed the war with Iran.

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” (Ephesians 6:18)

How many voices were you listening to before you left the house today? Between our phones, the news, the voices in our own minds and everybody’s opinion on everything, it’s a noisy world, and it isn’t always easy to tell which voices are worth listening to.

This Sunday St. Luke’s celebrates its 150th anniversary. We’ll be having a special service with a guest speaker, Nick Williams, from our patrons, the Church Pastoral Aid Society. There will be gifts to give out, a special collection for the work of the church and a free celebratory lunch. If you are out of the habit of joining us on a Sunday, this would be a great Sunday to return – we’d love to see you again!

The sad truth is that most people live their lives ignoring or avoiding the invitation. They work hard to achieve satisfaction in life without God, through careers, relationships, possessions, achievements, family or whatever. In their thinking there is no time to accept God’s free invitation, because they are too busy working for other things.

We love stories where the seeming underdog does surprisingly well.

If your season right now looks more like waiting in the desert than enjoying abundance, know that God is doing more than you can see.

Grace is outrageous. How is it that the thief on the cross next to Jesus is promised a place in Paradise?

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:14-15)