One of our members, Rachel Otter, posted a blog this week: 'Bad times and Church present', which we thought we'd share. The post is interesting and thought-provoking, making the point that a church isn't an entity that can, of its own accord, hand out spiritual presents - it is made from human bricks, that rely on each other to hold one another up! Bad times are essential to develop and grow as a Christian, and whilst it can be easy to blame the Church when things are not going so well, we need to persevere: '...keep being a brick, even if you're a miserable brick, otherwise all the other bricks fall down.'