The Parish

WITNESS | Aaron Holbrough

ADVENT WEEK FOUR | The Christmas story bears witness to the idea that sometimes you cannot take what you discover, but you can only keep what has been revealed.

QUIETNESS | Jan Hux

ADVENT WEEK THREE | The practice of Advent invites us into a season of contemplation, a season of waiting and hoping and listening – into an oasis of quiet in a cacophonous world.

DARKNESS | Jan Hux

ADVENT WEEK TWO | In Advent we sit in darkness, waiting for the Light to come. But sometimes that prospect brings fear rather than hope.

WILLINGNESS | Aaron Holbrough

ADVENT WEEK ONE | Sometimes being favoured feels like you're not.

THE KING AND THEIR KINGDOM | Jan Hux

Christians have been encouraged to eagerly await the coming of Jesus in glory as King. But what if we are supposed to be working instead of waiting?

THE MOMENT | Aaron Holbrough

What is the moment that darkness turns to light?

AMONG | Aaron Holbrough

Sometimes it is easier to design a house than it is to build a life.

What Jesus said is what Jesus did | Jan Hux

Jesus not only taught beautiful virtues, he lived them out day by day... and he invites us to follow him on that path.

THE BUTTON | Do No Harm | Aaron Holbrough

He is calling on us to interrupt the cycle of pain and harm, by responding in a completely different way. A way that creatively, intentionally builds and doesn’t do more harm.

RELEASED | Forgiveness | Jan Hux

Lewis Smedes has said that to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

CURIOUS | Non Judgment | Jan Hux

It is said that judgement and curiosity are mutually exclusive. But when we stay curious, we make space for love.

THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY | Aaron

Love that isn't expressed...isn't love.  It looks a whole lot different when it is out of the box.

MEANING MAKER | Aaron Holbrough

What if everything has a cause but not everything has a reason….and what if God has invited us to give it a reason-which makes it meaningful.

RUST PROOF | Desire | Aaron Holbrough

Our problem it turns out isn't desire, but disordered desire.if we could find a way to understand what God values, then perhaps our own would line up accordingly.

WE ALL WIN | Humility | Jan Hux

When we come to a place where we can stop bolstering our ego by comparing ourselves to others, we may find that everyone wins.

SOMETHING TO SAY | INTRO | Aaron Holbrough

It is amazing what Jesus has to say to us, if we would only let him speak.

UNANSWERABLE | Aaron Holbrough

Some questions can’t lead to answers because there’s no answer good enough, and they bounce off the heavens like a bird off a window.

THE WIDER WORLD | Neil Hannam

Do you remember a time in your life when you were presented with a fork in the road?  For me, the fork was clear - One path led to baptism in the Christadelphian church and taking my place as a brother. The other path let me into the wider world.