I hope you like this picture of our nativity scene. It was brought for us from Israel when Bill’s brother and (late) Mum were there in 1980. It’s been a feature every Christmas since then. It is special to me because it stands as a silent reminder that whatever we have experienced in the past […]
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. (Hebrews. 6:18-20) Why do we need an anchor? A ship that is left loose to the mercy of a storm will be caught by […]
At this time of year, it is a fitting moment to look back and consider our experiences of the past 12 months, and perhaps to consider our hopes and dreams for the new year. What was 2022 like for you? I am sure that many of us will have had our share of disappointments and […]
from Bill Sayer Have you ever read a novel, only to be disappointed about the ending? Maybe the bad guy wins, or the good guy doesn’t get his romantic interest. With the benefit of life experiences, we know that not everything appears to end happily ever after. Maybe we have become conditioned by society to […]
from Matt Hyde It’s not proving to be an easy Advent this year. I don’t know if it’s a stressful year finally catching up with me, or if I’m burned out and seeing the mask slip, or if it’s just a temporary chemical imbalance, but I’m tired and unfocused, doubting myself and condemning myself and […]
from Bill Sayer In Jeremiah 32 – 33, we read that Jerusalem was facing imminent invasion by the Babylonians who would ultimately lead many into exile. Siege ramps had been deployed around the city, and Jeremiah was under arrest in the courtyard of the guard (33:1). Jeremiah, and likely many others, were saying that the […]
from Bill Sayer I am sure we have all experienced our hopes dashed by the circumstances of life. Perhaps the expectation of a new job, home, life-partner…… We have our hopes and dreams firmly fixed on a seemingly natural and logical way forward, only to find that the certain way forward is blocked by the […]
From a missionary serving in the Ukraine “Today we saw what is the loss, the devastation, the pain, the need. We see the real consequences of war. Behind me in the photo is just a speck of the Kyiv region – area that was a real battle field, occupied for over 40 days, shelled first […]
Ira Kapitonova is with Ivan Kapitonov and Dmytro Bereza After the first month of the war, one of my fears was that the count of days of war would go into the hundreds… Today, I was reflecting on these 100 days. When we woke up to the sounds of explosions at 5 am on February […]
by Japhin John, YWAM Kyiv 10.04.22 When I try to recollect what happened on February 24th, everything blurs. I remember waking up to someone hammering on the door. “It has started. Kyiv is under bombing”. The next thing I remember is how we got on our knees. We prayed a desperate prayer. God, what will become […]
