It was the best of times…

It was the best of times…

Apr 7, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it...
A big family

A big family

Mar 31, 2022 | QPNews, QPUpdate

“Sometimes, particularly in our culture, we think that our family is only the people that live in our house or at most the people we are related to. But being part of the church means that we are part of a big family.” These are words Nanette shared with us on Sunday...
A story to tell…

A story to tell…

Mar 24, 2022 | QPNews, QPUpdate

Question: What do you get when you take a youth pastor, a previous youth pastor, and three young people willing to share their faith? Answer: a big splashOn Sunday, Brodie and I had the joy of baptising three of our young people, and yes, there was a literal big...
It was the best of times…

Rejoicing with The Point

Mar 17, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate

It is probably safe to say that if you’ve been reading the news, or visited a fuel pump, or got your gas bill this week, or tuned in to QPBC’s church meeting last Wednesday, it’s been a rough week for you. I know it has been for me. Human suffering has been thought...
It was the best of times…

Praying in a war zone

Mar 10, 2022 | Amazing Grace, QPUpdate

In July 2021 Vladimir Putin published a 5000-word essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”. In March 2022 the essay was enacted, and Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbour attacking the Ukrainian people and threatening the...
It was the best of times…

The only thing that counts…

Mar 3, 2022 | Amazing Grace, News, QPUpdate, Teaching series

Amazing Grace: Galatians 5: 1 – 12 This week I want to start the blog with a bit of a personal reflection. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Traditionally it is a day of fasting, confession and repentance. I grew up in a Christian household. We did pancake Tuesday,...
Rejoicing & Weeping, Growing and Shrinking.

Rejoicing & Weeping, Growing and Shrinking.

Feb 24, 2022 | QPUpdate

In Lewis Carroll’s rather bizarre tale of Alice and her adventures in wonderland, the young Alice on several occasions either eats or drinks something which causes her to grow or to shrink. I wonder if over the past couple of years our view of the world has grown or...
It was the best of times…

Freedom and fatherhood

Feb 17, 2022 | QPUpdate

Let me begin with a story. It comes from a favourite film, the Shawshank Redemption. It’s the story of an old jailbird called Brooks Hatlen, Shawshank’s librarian. After 40 years of incarceration old-man, Brooks is released into a bright new world of freedom. But his...
It was the best of times…

Who do you think you are?

Feb 3, 2022 | QPUpdate

Our New Identity in Christ. The news in Scotland this week has been full of pictures of trees in the Northeast blown down by Storm Malik on Saturday then Storm Corrie. A photo in a recent BBC News article showing a picture of thousands of trees toppled like toothpicks...
It was the best of times…

Blinded by grace

Jan 27, 2022 | QPUpdate

June 2019 saw a historic event occur on the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival. The rapper Stormzy became the first black solo British headliner at the iconic festival. Central to his performance was his hit song “Blinded by your Grace” The excited crowd of...