An Evangelical Church in the Heart of Thatcham

Born only to die as it sleeps?

November 12th witnessed the Philae lander’s bumpy arrival on 67P. The new birth had taken 10 years from when the Rosetta
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10 million people said ‘Yes’ in 72 hours

What would create a festival atmosphere in Tokyo, causing thousands to take to the streets in fancy dress?
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Vacuum joke gets clean sweep

It was voted top joke this year at the Edinburgh Fringe by the comedian Tim Vine: “I decided to sell my Hoover… well it was just collecting dust.”
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When two words won’t do

  It was this month I bumped into a BBC article highlighting a new word that seems to be doing the rounds at the present: ableism. The article explained:
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Putting 3,000 Lifetimes to Work

2014 is here, normality has returned and the festive season is barely more than a fading memory. 
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A Tertium Quid

I’ll save you some taps diving off to Google for a quick Latin refresher. The term tertium quid:
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A long obedience in the same direction

The story of Noah and his ark is one that is well known. The bible is literally chock full of stories
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Faux pas – N’est ce pas!!

We’ve all done them – those social blunders, those miscalculated words that have tumbled from our lips only to
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Up close and personal

By many today the idea that someone can truly “know” God is rather fanciful and would perhaps fit in the category of
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Use yer loaf!!

The story is told of a certain Mr. Odd, a lawyer who hated his name with a passion. In fact he hated it so much that he had his
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