Dear Friends, I have been reflecting this week on how and why it is that story of the first  Easter can touch us so deeply as human beings. Surely part of the answer is  that the story of Christ’s death and resurrection shines a light into the darkest  places of our human experience - and in doing so gives us a basis for hope  and meaning in this broken world.   In the recent dramas of floods and storms - as in all

We saw last (from Philippians 1:1-11) that Paul was a man who really knew his Lord. He understood clearly his relationship with God in Christ. He knew himself to be a recipient of grace and his life was dedicated in joyful service to Jesus and his people. He knew that his own identity and security (and that of those to whom he wrote) was grounded in God’s ownership of them. It brought Paul great joy in prayer to be able

Keep calm and