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Who is Jesus? Do you know Him?

We’ve just started a new series at Church looking at “Jesus: Close up”, an ideal subject for the build up to Easter (my favourite time of year!) and the sermon this Sunday was looking into “Who is Jesus?” [you can download here!]

It’s not necessarily as straight-forward to answer as you may first think because there is just so much to who He is and even though I’ve grown up knowing about Him, I still learnt a fair bit from the session and it was really good having a refresher session on areas I probably havbe taken for granted.

Dave Smith (and Karen) has just returned from a mini-sabbatical and really seems fired up in a new way following visits to many churches around the world and there is a passion that fills all he says which makes the talks even more powerful. There seems to be a real sense that we are entering the “second chapter” of the churches history and that there is something big on the horizon.

At the end of the sermon we were shown a video clip which I have since found on YouTube and have put here for your enjoyment 🙂

Have a listen, enjoy, be blessed… and be challenged!

P.S. Hope you’ve noticed the new Worship Videos on the right-hand side? This is a playlist I’ve made on YouTube and will change every now and then.

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Shalom

I don’t think I know anybody who isn’t touched by the current climate in one way or another – jobs under threat, companies struggling to survive, more month than money and a general malaise which isn’t helped by the gloom merchants in the media.

At the moment we are facing uncertain times ourselves – my work isn’t too stable right now and, if I am honest, pay day is often a nervous time until someone manages to check the bank accounts just to make sure we have money there.

In it all we are still believing that God is in control and still has plans and a purpose for us. For example we still believe that we are being called to move to Peterborough at some point, and we both feel it may well be this year. We are also placing our trust, faith and hope in Him – with Mrs H doing better than me most of the time!

Which leads me onto the word SHALOM.

Continue reading “Shalom”

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Does Hollywood beckon?

OK – well maybe not just yet but our littlest one was on local TV last week as part of his playschool who had a visitor teaching sign language.

The BBC still have the video up on their website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7847547.stm

He keeps wanting to watch it on the tele (we recorded it thankfully) and can’t get over the fact that it really is him on the screen 🙂

Mrs H is just gutted we didn’t have more notice so she could have dressed him in a nicer outfit but I bet every mum felt that way.

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Coming soon – the 2009 blog

Yeah things have been quiet here the past few weeks as the Christmas chaos ends and life lulls us into that period of post-Christmas sleepiness and tiredness.

However, there will be posts coming soon! I just havent kinda got around to it 🙁

With our eldest lads birthday coming up next week (and all the celebrations this weekend) weve still been pretty busy and Im also working on giving the site a facelift (which you may have noticed!) but theres alot more I want to do with the site including videos, pictures and more so 2009 should see the blog growing a fair bit.

In the meantime I hope you all had a great Christmas season and that 2009 will be a great year! Remember, despite what the media, governments, bank accounts and economists would have you believe – God is in control, not the financial markets!