Thought of the day – Sunday 12th July 2020 A Sower went out to sow (Matthew 13) I am totally confused at just where we are in the year, I am used to the familiar milestones along my annual journey and this year, the majority of those milestones haven’t happened and I feel disorientated most…

Thought for the day – Sunday 5th July 2020 One of the precious gifts the Methodist Church gives to its Ministers is a Sabbatical every sevenyears, this gift is not a three months holiday, it is a time to stop, reflect, recharge the batteries andmove on with a fresh insight and enthusiasm. I am constantly…

Thought for the day – Sunday 28th June 2020 Today is Conference Sunday in the Methodist Church and I believe that as representatives from the church gather virtually this year, they represent a bygone age, steeped in our culture from the early days of the small group of Anglican Priests who met to create a…

Thought of the day – Sunday 21st June 2020 We often refer to Sunday as “the Lord’s Day” and even though it is fourteen weeks since Sunday looked like the kind of Sunday many of us have grown up with and it still feels very strange not attending Sunday worship. Today is Father’s Day and…

Thought for the day – Sunday 24th May 2020 Shortly before moving to Ipswich I had to go to Leeds for a twenty-four-hour training session on being a new superintendent.  I decided to travel by train, which was something I hadn’t done for years.  It was by far the easiest option and involved a change…

Thought of the day – Sunday 17th May 2020 John – A new kind of normal The others had all left now and John was all alone at the side of the sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberius as most of the locals knew it.  He sat and gazed at the still glowing embers on…

Thought for the day – Sunday 10th May 2020 Pontius Pilate The message had angered Pilate when it first arrived, instructing him to return to Rome, in some ways he was resigned to the idea as he prepared to leave Judea, his term as fifth governor of the Roman province of Judea hadn’t been easy…

Thought for the day – Wednesday 6th May 2020 Bible Reading Acts 5: 12-32The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the…

Thought for the day – Sunday 3rd May 2020 Mary, the mother of Jesus Even though it was now three weeks since that dreadful day when she’d seen her son die, this didn’t get any easier for Mary, would the pain ever go away?  People kept talking about time being the great healer, but it…

Thought for the day – Sunday 26th April 2020 Brought to us by Derek Grimshaw Jesus Barabbas The lads were so pleased to see him that they were planning big celebrations, the worst crime any man can commit is being caught and when the Roman Army came for him, not only did he know that…