Reflecting on Globe Get Away
Clare Doughty
“They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on…” – Mark 12:44
God has demonstrated his love
Jonty Allcock
‘God demonstrated his love towards us‘ was the theme we explored at The Globe Church Launch last Sunday. I just heard the old song ‘Hyperballad’ by Bjork, and it reminded me afresh of how insecure we can be about whether we are loved. Bjork likens her relationship to living on top of a mountain. “every […]
Cross Bones Graveyard
Jonty Allcock
As we looked at the story of the outcast leper at The Globe Church, it brought home the pain, the isolation and lack of dignity that society’s outcasts experience. Just a few hundred metres from where our church meets, stands a memorial to such outcasts — Cross Bones Graveyard, a burial ground for prostitutes and […]
The Fridge
Linda Allcock
This week it happened. A willing team from church cleaned Bankside space. The fridge can now be opened without a full-scale evacuation of the place. In fact I think we may even be able to use it. Presumably that’s what it was created for, to be used. You see, prior to this point it stayed […]
Worship in the Psalms
Jonty Allcock
On Sundays as a church we’ve been using the Psalms of Ascents (120-134) to help shape and drive our worship together. Worshipping God is our approach- with our lives in all their beauty, sadness, sin, confusion and clarity- to our holy God in Christ with all his perfection, knowledge, tenderness and power. That’s why the […]