by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and...
by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
We live in a world and cultures which are full of broken promises. How beautiful it is to get out first thing in the morning and walk on freshly fallen and yet frozen snow. To hear the sound of the snow slowly giving way beneath your feet as you tread a path across...
by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Jan 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! The first post of this year is in the form of a guided reflection considering one of the metaphors applied to Jesus in the bible: Jesus: Sure Foundation, Cornerstone. As you read you will be guided through the process of reflection the heart of which...
by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jesus was an infant by the time of the Wise Men’s visitation, and they gave Him a gift of frankincense. I’m not sure that sounds like a wise gift, at least at first. Yes a bath toy or a cuddly bear, but frankincense? When Hannah was a toddler, I saw a pig toy that...
by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Dec 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
The giving of gifts is firmly associated with Christmas and many of us are familiar with the joy of giving and receiving presents at this time of the year. Of course this does not always go smoothly: too short, too long, too bold, too bland, too ‘last year’, too...
by Culloden Balloch Baptist Church | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Forgiving others is easier the less connected to us personally, I find it easy to forgive people in general but it’s harder the more it impacts me. It was much easier forgiving people before I got married, I find it much harder now I have two daughters. I am naturally...