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Why is Good Friday good?
Why good, when so many bad things happened to Jesus on this Friday? Good used to mean 'holy' or 'pious', and so Good Friday is more like...
Jill Ball
Apr 15, 2022
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Pancake Day
What’s your favourite day of the Year? Mine might be Pancake Day. We love pancakes so much in Britain that we dedicate a whole day to...
Jill Ball
Feb 28, 2022
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Window Design 2
Part 2 The verses that inspired this artwork are the first ones in the Bible: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now...
Jill Ball
Aug 25, 2021
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Window Design
Part 1 It is such an honour to be asked to design a stained glass window for one of the meeting rooms in our church. It used to be the...
Jill Ball
Aug 18, 2021
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Glorious Misfits
Emilie and Siwar met at a small party in our home. They both have a gentle spirit, a quiet confidence and a heart to help those in need....
Emilie
Aug 11, 2021
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Finding Life
People say that they believe that Jesus was a good teacher, without reading what he actually said. He promoted an alternative society...
Jill Ball
Aug 4, 2021
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Blessed not Cursed
Who do we think are fortunate or blessed by God? The rich and the famous? Wealthy, well-fed and clothed, who can have anything they want?...
Jill Ball
Jul 28, 2021
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Made for Man
When I was teaching English to adults in the UK, we were given new health and safety regulations to follow. If we wanted to go an...
Jill Ball
Jul 21, 2021
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Turn the other cheek
Our neighbour was working on his garden at 1am. Looking out of the window we could see that he was cutting the grass with a strimmer. It...
Jill Ball
Jul 14, 2021
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Treasure in Heaven
Whether we have money or not, we all want more. Even the super-rich, who have all that they want or will ever need, work hard to increase...
Jill Ball
Jul 7, 2021
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Out of the Heart
Before going to university, my daughter was encouraged to become Facebook friends with the students that she was going to be living with....
Jill Ball
Jun 30, 2021
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The Last will be First
Before my eyes the words of Jesus were being acted out. We were guests at our friend's wedding. The bride was English and the groom,...
Jill Ball
Jun 23, 2021
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Words of Life
The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Jesus' words are powerful and transformative. They can change us and...
Jill Ball
Jun 16, 2021
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