Reflections on the turning of the year…part 2

“See the former things have taken place, and new things I declare” (Isaiah 42:9) by Revd Stewart Gibbs  In the Bible the prophet Isaiah was often in a bad place. He had seen his country invaded, his city destroyed and his friends exiled. On one occasion, however, he  heard God’s voice saying, “See the former…

Helping the Homeless

by Katherine Garner Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Psalm 82:3 We are very privileged to live in our lovely town of Ongar, and I guess we are fortunate that we do not have a visible homeless problem here. But our neighbouring towns of…