More to Life

Have you ever had that niggling feeling that maybe there is more to life? It can happen when watching a magnificent sunset or as you stare into the night sky ablaze with stars. Sometimes it comes in the pit of despair or in the daily grind of routines. Whether life is good for you at the moment or whether life is hard I suspect for each of us there are those quiet moments when we have that sneaking suspicion that perhaps there just might be more to life than we realise.

Some of us become so absorbed and preoccupied in the immediate and the material that we never stick our head up to look beyond. Others are on a quest to find meaning and purpose in life, searching for something, looking for an answer. Sensing a gap in their life they try to fill it in all sorts of ways but still the void remains. We all need a framework for life, to make sense of our existence.

Jesus speaks about life. He taught how life is to be lived. He challenged established ways of thinking and shook people up to look at life differently. He cut straight to the heart of the matter revealing the emptiness of trying to find ultimate satisfaction in the things of this world – possessions, friends, money and career. He did not compromise his message for the sake of making people feel comfortable. He revealed the futility and danger of trying to live independently from the author of life and tells us where true life is to be found.

At All Saints we are having a special week from Sunday 27th March to Sunday 3rd April called ‘More to Life’. During the week there will be a number of activities and events (some are shown on the back but check out our website for a complete list). You may be curious, you may be sceptical, it may have been a while since you have been to church – it really doesn’t matter. We would love you to come along and meet some new people, have some fun and take the opportunity to explore the question ‘Is there more to life?’