Children’s picture books

Reading children's books

It’s Wednesday afternoon and there I am in the library, keeping track of my children out of the corner of my eye while flicking through the picture books in order to re-stack our library box at home. I only have another few minutes, so my decisions have to be instant. I pass over dozens of […]

Three ways that technology threatens our faith, and seven ways to fight back

technology

I am going to start by saying that I love technology. So, this article is not going to be preaching any radical digital detox, or make you feel guilty because you have an Instagram account. What’s more, the current Covid-19 pandemic has shown technology put to good use has been a blessing. In the case […]

The Kingdom Vision Project

Kingdom Vision

I want to tell you about an exciting project that we have underway about personal visions of the Kingdom. It’s times like these… we need a vision of the Kingdom Aren’t things in such turmoil and uncertainty in the world at the moment! The Covid-19 pandemic rages relentlessly around the world bringing fear, restrictive lifestyles, […]

Miscarriage — The bitter and the sweet

miscarriage despair

Excitement and hope in a marriage Marriage brings so much hope for a new couple, as it did for us. Our life together stretched out in front of us — full of hopes and dreams. For me, as with many young sisters, my dreams were quietly wrapped up in the hope of being a mother. […]

1. Family Foundations

Family begins in the marriage

The first of a series of articles on Family Life by Ben Pitcher. An incredible thing about godly parenting is how effectively it contributes to our spiritual development, and how it develops our understanding of our heavenly Father. It allows us to work together with Him and directly contributes to the furthering of His purpose. […]

A review of “The Wonder of Forgiveness” by David Bailey

Wonder of Forgiveness

This book takes us on a journey of self-examination in relation to sin, repentance, and forgiveness, and their effect on us and others. It is a topic crucial for each disciple of Christ to understand in their journey from ‘dead in our trespasses’ to ‘alive together with Christ’. The path takes us from recognition of […]

Take Note!

Note taking

During the year you could spend up to 100 hours listening to Bible talks in ecclesial meetings, youth groups, Bible Schools, study weeks, online talks etc. But you probably recall less than 50% of any one talk after 20 minutes. That’s really frustrating, and it doesn’t get any easier as you get older! A fading […]

Busy at home, with children at public school

What Great Things

An interview with an older sister… This sister grew up in the Truth, the eldest in a large Christadelphian family, many of whom live near her. She, in turn, had a large family of her own. All of her children grew up attending Sunday School in a small ecclesia, and the family supported the ecclesia […]

How long?

Time is running out

An exhortation to keep watching and patiently waiting for Yahweh How long? Saints through time have all pondered this question: “How long?”. The apostles asked, How long until … the kingdom is restored again to Israel? (Acts 1:6) The souls under the altar asked, How long, O Lord, holy and true dost thou not judge […]