Tite-ising (studying Titus?)

Here are some slides in Open Office Impress format, of a message I gave last Sunday at the Olive Tree. I have been reading the Book of Titus for the last couple of months and really getting interested in it. The eponymous guy was a co-worker with the apostle Paul. He sounds to have been a great bloke to know. He did a lot to help many people, among them the Corinthian church and the people of Crete. I hope you find it helpful and enjoyable. One thing, however, I didn't touch on was the matter of leadership in the church (see Titus 1:7 for example). That question is so important that it deserves its own sermon.

The Glass Elevated

Here is my hawberry (or hawthornberry) wine, which I bottled this evening. It's a bit sedimentary, if that is a fair application of the word. I got five bottles out of the demi-john. Makes a change after a knackering day at the office. The wine hasn't got a very strong bouquet, but it has plenty of body. It's somewhat like a dry sherry, with flavours of lemon, orange, toffee and raspberry and a rich tan hue. It has good attack, wanders interestingly around the palate, and has a reasonably long finish. However, I wouldn't have guessed, if I been handed a glass of it by someone else, what the main ingredient was.