Author page: Roger Cole

Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.  Psalm 126.5 On Sunday morning Di and I spoke at the Church where we were at one time the pastors.  It was the first church we pastored, and we were…

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Ps 34.8 On one of our holidays in Tenerife some years ago we decided to take two people from our congregation with us who wouldn’t normally get a special holiday away. One of the ladies we took had never flown before and never…

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. Matt 26.40 NIV This question from Jesus occurred in the garden of Gethsemane just before his arrest, trial and crucifixion. He took Peter, James and John to support him as he prepared to go through the…

An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you.” Matt 2.13 I was moved to tears yesterday as Ola talked about her family and church friends from Eastern Poland helping those refugees waiting to cross the border between…

We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19) Di and I arrived back from a very good leaders conference in Oxford late Sunday afternoon and to unwind a little in the evening, watched a Netflix film called The Miracle. This had been recommended by my younger brother Ben, who filled up with tears as he told about a…