Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 NIV
Bishop’s Message
Aldersgate assurance and fluctuating feelings
Every May, Methodists celebrate John Wesley’s Aldersgate Street experience of which he wrote: “I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that [h]e had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.”
Whatever, wherever
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.
Colossians 3:23 NIV
Good economists of God’s grace
Each of us has received a gift or “grace” from God. (The word gift is related to the Greek word for grace.) Just as 1 Peter 4:70 says: “As each has received … God’s varied grace.” We can serve in many varied ways because each of us has received varied gifts or graces. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. (1 Peter 4:10 ESV)
Common principles of all Christianity
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. (1 John 4:21) This is one of the many verses of Scripture that John Wesley quoted in an article he wrote entitled “The Character of a Methodist”.
When healthy aspiration becomes harmful ambition
Here’s an old Irish blessing that I remind myself of at the start of every new year. May you have the hindsight to know where you have been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you are going too far.
Welcome Christ to our living rooms this Christmas!
She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
God’s glory in the field of medicine, science and technology
The same person whom God inspired to write both the gospel which we call “Luke” and the book which we call “Acts” was a medical doctor.
When I feel mentally unwell
“Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority.”
This is the slogan adopted by the World Health Organization for this year’s World Mental Health Day (10 October 2022).
Arts, Education and Health – The Soul, Mind & Body of Community
The Bible book Ezra-Nehemiah describes three priorities in the development of the community after the ravages of war had left Jerusalem in ruin for 70 years. Referring to Ezra-Nehemiah as a single book, following the custom of the Hebrew Bible (unlike the Christian tradition which counts Ezra and Nehemiah as two separate books), the ancient Hebrew scribes (scholars call them Masoretes) included notes at the end of every Bible book, summarising the total number of verses in every book and indicating which verse marked the book’s mid-point.