Keep On Loving

Keep On Loving

Jul 11, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable

Whether we see ourselves as athletes or not, we Christians are all running a long-distance race. Anyone who has done any running will have experienced the constant temptation to give up, with voices in the head saying, “You can’t do this.” “You might as well give up...
Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

Apr 13, 2023 | Believe: Truth to Live by, QPUpdate

When our kids were young, we would sometimes play a Veggie Tales sing-a-long CD when on a long car trip. One particular tune would stick in my head as an earworm. You can listen to it here if you so wish: VeggieTales Sing-Alongs: Are We There Yet? The chorus goes: Are...
Vision

Vision

Apr 21, 2022 | QPUpdate

“Come on Iain just a few more steps.” This is the constant chorus I shout at my aching legs and heaving lungs as I stagger towards the prize of summiting a mountain peak. Often it’s worth it! great vistas of mountain ridges, sky and snow stretch out as far as the eye...
He is Risen!

He is Risen!

Apr 13, 2022 | QPUpdate

He is Risen! So, have you set your alarm ready to make it to the flagpole at 8:30am on Sunday morning? The good news is that the weather forecast (at this point in time) suggests it will be dry, and there is breakfast to look forward to in the basement afterwards....
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...
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...
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...