We tend to be a little suspicious of our imaginations! However imagination is God’s gift to us and is as much part of us as our natural appetite. Just like our desire and need for food we can misuse our imaginations or use them to foster proper growth. Jesus encouraged his listeners to use their...
Advent Windows Map 2021 A warm welcome to all… To this, our 12th year of the Christ Church, Stone, Community Advent Calendar. We are excited and ready to see all the wonderful Advent Window displays this year and look forward to meeting everyone who is able to join in with this year’s event. This year...
My recent visits to both County and Royal Stoke Hospitals have resulted in some new experiences. At County some of my time has been spent promoting the new ‘Home from Home Room’ which I have written about in earlier Hospital Notes. Interest in this room is increasing and one week I was involved in collecting...
December 2021 Magazine There has been extensive media coverage of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow nearing its end as I write. World leaders have assembled to address the important issues and commit to change the course of events. Our lives certainly have an impact on the world that belongs to God....
Not long ago, we had a short break in a flat in St Anne’s. We found the building quite easily, a pair of tall narrow Victorian semis, in a road not far from the sea. The outside of the house and street had little to recommend it, front gardens had disappeared to be replaced by...
