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To tie in with our real week of events aimed at clearly explaining the real hope of Jesus Christ to those who don't know him, I've spent the last few months interviewing people from our church family to find out their story.

As I write this, the post-mortems have only just begun. Questions are being asked and angry responses are being offered by everyone. The experts are telling us that they were warning us all along, when in reality they were involved in building up everybody’s expectations. Across the country there is a flat feeling. What am I talking about; the recession? the budget? No, England are out of the World Cup!

Have a watch of these two short videos from St Helen's Church, London about the Christian message of hope at Easter.

“I’ve got some good news for you!” If ever there was a statement to not only cheer us up, but to make us sit up and take notice, it is surely that one. In a world that is so often full of bad news, to hear a sentence like that is particularly encouraging.

Did you see the story earlier this month about an air traffic controller at JFK Airport who has been suspended for taking his young son to work with him and allowing the boy to clear the planes for departure and speak to other pilots as they flew in and out of one of the world’s busiest airports? Thankfully, the incident passed off without a disaster occurring.