In the first of a two part series, Nick looks at the vision for Coventry Vineyard. From the first God-given dream 20 years ago to today, Nick explains the vision and direction of our church and how Jesus is building a home in which we are “no longer strangers’ (Ephesians 2:16-22)
Walking Through Walls – The Resurrection Changes Who We Are
In the second of our series “Learning to walk through walls”, Mark Harbour talks about how the resurrection changes who we are! The invitation to live an adventurous expectant resurrection life (Romans 815-17 MSG) is an invitation to allow the same power that raised Jesus to life to break into our lives and transform us. Transformation from life controlled by the flesh, to a life of the Spirit. It is an invitation to understand what that life can be like and how we can partner with God in the process of spiritual formation.
ESSENCE Part 9: Self Control
We’ve all experienced that moment of regret, in which we realise that we weren’t entirely in control. Be it in the office, at home or online, self control is an important thing and it affects more people than we think.
ESSENCE Part 8: Gentleness
Not to be mistaken for weakness, gentleness is a highly influential attribute with the power to change how our friends, family, colleagues and children act and react. This week Sid Farley wonders what it looks like to be a gentle person, how we can be more gentle more often.
ESSENCE Part 7: Faithfulness
Faithfulness comes in two forms: God’s faithfulness to us, and our faithfulness to Him.
More than just theology, our understanding of His faithfulness can change everything.
This week Sacha explores faithfulness with some exciting personal stories.
ESSENCE Part 6: Goodness
‘Good’ is a word we use every day, but what does ‘goodness’ mean? And when the dictionary doesn’t really help me understand, how am I supposed to do more goodness?? This week Clare goes in search of Goodness, and discovers that it might already be staring us in the face.
ESSENCE Part 5: Kindness
More than ‘just being nice’, kindness is a virtue innate to humanity. In this fifth instalment Andy asks: what belies true kindness as demonstrated by Jesus?
ESSENCE Part 4: Patience
This week, Clair Thompson takes a look at patience, finding that the things that test our patience might be the very things that grow our patience.
ESSENCE Part 3: Peace
There’s more to peace than just sitting on the beach with a good book, and Jesus makes it clear that we’re called to more than that. So how do we become these “people of the peace”, exuding something more than just earthly calm? Nathan Page takes us on a journey to a new perspective, from which we can see that God’s presence really is home, and that’s where we need to start.
ESSENCE Part 2: Joy
God tells us in the Bible to be joyful. What does that mean? Is that really something that I can control? And what if I’m not just not an outwardly joyful person by nature?
This week Mark Norrish asks all these questions as he investigates the the fruit of Joy.
