Aug 25, 2021 | Faithfully Present, News, QPLive
Déjà vu I vividly remember walking into the living room a number of years ago and being greeted by a four-year-old who, proudly pointing to the large scrawl of dark blue felt pen all over the cream painted wall, declared, “Look, Mum, Mene, Mene, Tickle, Parsnip.” I...
Aug 18, 2021 | Faithfully Present, QPLive
Are we there yet? Long journeys… remember them? Perhaps, with Covid restrictions easing, you have ventured further afield to visit friends or family, or you’ve gone somewhere just for the joy of being somewhere different. It strikes me that on most long journeys...
Aug 12, 2021 | Faithfully Present, QPLive
Oh, the things we teach our kids! Children’s ministry as I, at least, recall was spattered with stories of fear, violence, and war. I remember exactly where and when I first heard the story of the fiery furnace and the impossible-to-pronounce names of Shadrach,...
Aug 5, 2021 | Faithfully Present, QPLive
Faithfully present – the title of our new series, but what does it look like? In the coming weeks we will be continuing to explore this through all our Sunday services and as we let you know about other things that are happening in the life of QP. More detail...
Jul 29, 2021 | Faithfully Present, QPLive
This week I have had the privilege of hanging out with a number of our young people for Magnitude (a Christian youth festival). We have had great fun laughing together, getting to know one another and thinking more about God’s call on our lives. It has been great to...
Jul 22, 2021 | Church - We're All In This Together, QPLive
We’ve been looking at some of the New Testament images of church, and today we finish with a glorious picture – the Bride of Christ! Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:32 that marriage, in a great mysterious way, is a shadow of a greater reality – the union of...
Jul 15, 2021 | Church - We're All In This Together, QPLive
I saw a remarkable photograph this week. I think it has gone viral. You may have seen it – an Orangutan holding out a helping hand to a man wading in a snake infested river. The photographer who took the picture said, “At a time when mankind is dying inside humans,...
Jul 7, 2021 | Church - We're All In This Together, News, QPLive
Build Up I recently watched a documentary on Ernest Hemingway and a segment in the programme made me think about New Testament descriptions of church. The segment was about Hemingway’s friend, the French artist and father of impressionism, Paul Cézanne. The...
Jul 1, 2021 | Church - We're All In This Together, QPLive
Spirit bestowing gifts The first churches upturned the social apple cart in so many ways. Not least in completely restructuring who could lead, serve and get involved. Instead of an elite holding all the power and privilege because they belonged to the right family,...
Jun 24, 2021 | Church - We're All In This Together, QPLive
Adelphoi So, here’s your Thursday pop quiz. What is the most common picture of the church in the New Testament? Body? Building? Bride? None of the above. The most common image used to describe the communities that arose as people responded to the good news of Jesus...
