Dear Friends, Of all the images we have in our minds of Jesus, which dominate? The good shepherd? The healer? The crucified Christ? Christ risen from death? Traditionally at Christmas we’ve been encouraged to imagine Jesus as a plump baby surrounded by festive trimmings! If so, the Gospel reading we heard on the last Sunday […]
Dear Friends, Nicola and I have entered a strange new world as our youngest son went off to university last month. We are now ‘empty nesters’. According to Wikipedia: “All parents are susceptible to empty nest syndrome… Symptoms of empty nest syndrome can include depression, a sense of loss of purpose, feelings of rejection, or […]
Author David Wiggs I am the webmaster for Purley United Reformed Church and have been involved with the church since my late teens. I work in Croydon and live in Caterham. View all posts
Author David Wiggs I am the webmaster for Purley United Reformed Church and have been involved with the church since my late teens. I work in Croydon and live in Caterham. View all posts
Author David Wiggs I am the webmaster for Purley United Reformed Church and have been involved with the church since my late teens. I work in Croydon and live in Caterham. View all posts
Dear Friends, According to the spiritual writer David Adam, if spring represents the incoming tide, summer is the full tide of our lives, a time of depth and growth. It is the time when we achieve much and shape who we are. It is a time to seek to enjoy life and live it to […]
Dear Friends, The Manse, over Easter, was the focus of intensive revision. Cam was revising for his university finals and Ross for his A levels. I, too, was in the business of revision – but not in the same sense as Cam and Ross who were swatting for exams. But their revision helped shape my […]
Moat is a welcoming church that seeks engagement with the local community. Worshipping in a grand Victorian building the people of Moat love a challenge and when recently everyone showed up on Sunday morning to find the heating not working, we quickly reconvened in the adjacent hall and set up an instant café church. The […]
