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What Is the Difference between All Hallows' Eve, All Saints Day and All Souls Day? Once Autumn is the air across the world department stores will entice consumers with discounts on costumes and sweets. There will be carved pumpkins and bobbing for apples at holiday parties. There will be hayrides, hot apple cider, gathering around bonfires with friends. Then, on the 31st of October, kids dressed in costumes will go door-to-door to trick-or-treat for sweets.  For some churches, the celebration doesn't stop there. October 31 actually begins a three-day observance and celebration of Allhallowtide, a combination of Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day.  Where did these holidays come from?  Is there a difference between them? According to dictionary.com, the word "Halloween" is a "direct derivation of All Saints Day" with "All Hallows" in Old English meaning " the feast of the saints ." To hallow is " to make holy or sa

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; They shall be full of sap and green: ( Psalm 92:14) Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age (Job 32:7).  I bought an Apple ipad when they originally launched back in 2010. Today, eleven years later, the software is antiquated and ready for the technological scrapheap. When I spoke yesterday to the Apple Genius bar guru, he said that, even if I did restore its settings, many of the new apps don't work on the old software platform.  Thankfully Apple have introduced a iPad 10.2 – it’s very much the everyman of the range, offering up a vivid screen, light and portable build, and an A12 processor capable of some fairly heavy lifting. With this most recent iPad release, it offers a larger screen for around £319. As I embark on retirement from work next year, I want you to know that, unlike the original ipad, this old guy is far from done yet! In fact the scriptures above give me great cause to believe that

" Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God " (Eph 5:1-2) As I was strolling through a walled garden yesterday, I was greeted with the wonderful variety of a sweet-smelling hedges and herbs. I then realised that these herbs were being grown to be used by the chefs in the nearby restaurant .  I took the liberty of crushing some of the  super-fragrant needle-like leaves between my thumb and forefingers, releasing a unique pungent, lavender-like aroma.  It was only when I put the herb under pressure, by crushing, that it gave off a beautiful fragrance.  The verse above indicates that the aroma of Christ's life was a sweet fragrance of selfless love and sacrifical service. He truly was the Servant-King.  Maybe the pressure that you have found yourself going through was so that your life would give off a certain fragrance.  Ma