Pastors Blog

This month includes Mothering Sunday, which takes place on 19th (UK).  It’s great to see my wife Jo receive little gifts from our two daughters as we honour this special day. The bible devotes books, chapters and powerful accounts of women who were mightily used by...

 The Doomsday ClockRecently news channels and media reported that the Doomsday clock has ticked closer to the end of the world. The reports confirm that the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday...

The song was gracefully recorded by The Carpenters before I was even born, and reached number 1 in the US Charts. Part of the lyrics of this timeless song includes…  And when the evening comes, we smile So much of life...

The bible points to a particular star that leads the Magi (Wise Men), to the place where Jesus will be born. A new star represented the birth of a new king. The star was also seen at that time as a sign of a new and better time of hope.  Apparently in...

There are many songs that are sung around the football stadiums and being a Pompey fan, this is no exception.  There are variety of songs that are sung at Fratton Park, some are quite amusing and others (often toward Southampton), are quite ‘expressive'....

There was once a bridge that spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass through freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each...

God has His church all over the world. We are part of an amazing Body of Christ and I am humbled to have brothers and sisters around the world who are sold out for Jesus and living out their faith under severe restriction and persecution. In the past few days my wife,...

There have been times since WW2 when we were potentially only minutes from a Nuclear war.  On 27th October, 1961, American and Soviet tanks faced off in Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union over access to...

It won’t be too long before we may see butterfly’s visiting your garden (and plants).  In the summer we can often see many of them flapping their little wings as they pass-by.  Some facts about butterflies include… Butterflies can't fly if they're cold.  Butterfly...

With a world at its worst, we need a church at its best Bill Hybels once stated that ‘the local church is the hope of the world’. The Greek word for Church is Ekklesia, meaning a gathering or assembly of people. So, what type of gathering of people would you like to...