An Adventure in Ministry

  The last few days we have had the blessing of some glorious spring sunshine, and it has been amazing to see the difference that this has made. People seem happier, they seem to have a spring in their step and they are even friendlier! This morning as I walked my daughter to school in the sunshine, one of the regular dog walkers, who usually says hi and shuffles on their way, stopped and had a conversation with me about how glorious the sunshine was. This encounter got me thinking! The sun has a profound effect on our bodies including Sleep : Our body produces Melatonin which helps us sleep. Research suggests that sunshine helps us to regulate our natural body rhythms telling our bodies when to produce melatonin, so the more sunshine you get, the better you will sleep. Stress : Melatonin also regulates our stress levels, so time spent in the sunshine, especially when engaging in physical activity can reduce your stress levels significantly. Bones : The sunshine causes our ...

  It has been a long long winter…. and i’m not talking about the world outside! As ecclesiasties 3:1 says: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:” Sometimes you might feel the warmth of summer and other times it might feel a little bit colder. The past six months for me has been bitterly cold and I have felt a little like I was in a winter that would not end. Through this time I have been clinging to the fact that this too shall pass and verses like Peter 5:10-11: And then, after your brief suffering, the God of all loving grace, who has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ, will personally and powerfully restore you and make you stronger than ever. Yes, he will set you firmly in place and build you up. And he has all the power needed to do this—forever! Amen. 1 Peter 5:10‭-‬11 TPT Thankfully after some very dark days this season began to come to an end and I began to see signs of spring apparent in my life. For us as a fam...