Finding connection has been especially hard for people this year. We’ve all been denied the connection of family and friends and social distance rather than connection has been our experience. Maybe for the first time in a long time, we’re remembering how important being connected really is.

On Wednesday we gather again at 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th month to remember those who have given their lives in the great wars and in many wars since. We remember the horror of the trenches, the war crimes, the holocaust, the release of atomic weapons and the suffering of the innocent. As the injustices in our world continue, we are tempted to shake our fist at heaven and wonder if God really cares about us at all? Here is a story to help you.

As Baptists we’re more likely to know the date of the Strictly Come Dancing final than the traditional dates in the Christian calendar. Yet the purpose of this calendar, and the major feasts we do celebrate, is to remind us on a regular basis of some important truths that are can still inspire and encourage us in our everyday life.

For all of us the things that we once thought normal, routine, every day, have changed …

This week at GBC we celebrated (a socially distant!) harvest …

With the current climate of social restrictions looking likely to extend to Christmas and beyond, it is unfortunately a reality that church is not going to resume any time soon in a manner that we are accustomed to …

This week we’ve been talking about God’s grace as a source of healing in our lives. It’s something of a stereotype, but it’s generally true that men avoid
going to see the doctor …

Guilt is the direct result of a choice that was made in a garden a long time ago (Genesis 2:17). Once you know the difference between good and evil, you get a dose of guilt every time you chose the wrong one. It’s a sort of ‘buy one get one free’ deal. Only two kinds of people don’t experience guilt – saints and psychopaths and I haven’t met too many of either in the churches I’ve pastored …