[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 27/Sep/2026]
My inspiration for this article comes from two members of the HBC congregation. The first one is Dave Prior, whose article last week had a footballing theme. He talked about the football transfer market. I am going to carry on in that vein, but want to talk about ‘assists’.
(more…)
[This reflection by Dave Prior was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 20/Sep/2026]
What’s the first thing that you think of when you see that phrase? If you’re a football fan (which I am), you’ll probably think immediately of Fabrizio Romano, a football journalist, very prominent on social media, who uses that phrase whenever a transfer is about to be completed.
(more…)
[This reflection by Dennis Ginter was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 13/Sep/2026]
Over the past month or so, things have come up which I’ve never had to face before. Or – more accurately – things that I’ve always avoided facing.
(more…)
[This reflection by Helen Ruffhead was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 06/Sep/2026]
A few weeks ago we looked at God the Father in our sermon series. When Jesus talked about God as Father he was showing how intimately God knows us and loves us. In a recent article, Dazz shared how being a father had helped him to understand more of God’s love for him. I found the same when I became a parent.
(more…)
[This reflection by Martin Shorey was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 30/Aug/2026]
I imagine most of you will have heard last week that the singer and songwriter Dolly Parton died at the age of 80, following a short battle with cancer. This larger-than-life character dominated the music world for more than 60 years and never shied away from speaking about her faith.
(more…)
[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 23/Aug/2026]
You must have had those days….. You find that you are running a bit late and then someone says something like “Ah, just the person. Have you got a couple of minutes?”, or “Oh could you please tell me how to get to …?”
Much as you’d like to help, you feel that you really can’t. If you do stop to help, it’s hard to hide the fact that you’re doing this reluctantly. Can’t they see that you’re busy, that this is an inconvenient time?
(more…)