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Some of Winston Churchill’s paraprosdokians

Shared with us by Graham Thompson from Trinity Methodist. Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians – Figures of speech in which the end of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on…

Thoughts on Holy Week

Some food for thought from Prof David Welbourn As we find ourselves in Holy Week, leading up to events in the Christian Life with which we are familiar, but in circumstances which are anything other than familiar, I wanted to share a thought, which is particularly pertinent to us all at this time. We run…

Martin Ellis

Martin was born on 23rd September 1943 at Ealing, London, the only child of John and Gladys Ellis. He was christened at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster by Dr.W.E.Sangster who had a great influence on his life. When he was twelve years old, he became a chorister at the Temple Church in London under Dr George…

Reflection from Mike Cassidy

In these unprecedented times…. Nobel Peace Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, including during the Ebola crisis) writes: Dear fellow citizens of the world, … It does not mean that we are on our own, every country for themselves. On the contrary, it is the sign of a communal response,…

Hope will not be cancelled

In these unprecedented times….Conversations will not be cancelled.Relationships will not be cancelled.Love will not be cancelled.Songs will not be cancelled.Reading will not be cancelled.Self-care will not be cancelled.Hope will not be cancelled. * Beloved, how are we to pray in these times of pandemic, when country after country imposes stringent stay-at-home orders? When schools and…

Oranges and Sunshine – Film Review

Oranges and Sunshine (dvd, 2010) 101 mins. If you can remain unmoved by this story, you must have a heart of stone. While it does not have a specifically Christian background it is quite definitely a film with a clear moral message. It is based on true historic events with real-time historic characters. Margaret Humphreys…