Every day we post a Thought for the day written by someone within the circuit. Some are very light hearted and some are very deep theologically with all bases between covered.
We hope these will encourage, uplift and make you reflect but most of all we hope you enjoy reading these small daily snippets and take some inspiration on your daily journey
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go” (Genesis 28:15)
One of the features throughout my life has been early communion on Easter day. For many years we would go to chapel for the 8am communion service, which was followed by Easter Breakfast. My Mum was always in the kitchen and one thing that always tested her was how to boil a dozen or so…
In the series of events that occur around Easter, Easter Saturday is the odd one out. Following the acts of remembrance of both the last supper and the crucifixion and burial, we have a day where… nothing happens. From an entire week of careful consideration, we enter a non-day, a day where we return to…
Take a look at this quote from American Pastor Rev S. M. Lockridge, who first preached this 3 minute sermon some 50plus years ago – Remember, “It’s only Friday… but Sunday’s coming!” “It’s Friday… Jesus was nailed dead on a cross. But it’s only Friday; Sunday’s coming!” It’s Friday… Mary’s crying her eyes out ‘cause…
On Easter Sunday morning some people will sing Charles Wesley’s ‘Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!’. It is a hymn and a statement of faith. The first line states what seems impossible. (Singing the Faith 298). Earlier hymn books contained a verse that says ‘who the strong man armed hath bound, now in highest…
Recently a group of friends and I were discussing our favourite flowers. About half of us said that tulips were one of our favourites. It’s very difficult to choose just one. I love all the bright colours: red, pink, purple, yellow, and when mixed together I personally think they are hard to beat. The colours all represent…
A few weeks ago I found myself at a Catholic mass for Doris. Last year I officiated at her husband’s funeral. Graham was a Methodist local preacher. His middle daughter, and I were at High School together, and so, having moved to Leeds, the family asked if I would take Graham’s funeral. We certainly didn’t…
Over the last 2 years I have been meeting with friends from around the Ipswich Circuit and beyond for a time of Reflection & Prayer, led by Sue France. This has been done from the comfort of our own homes on a Monday morning, some of us eating our porridge, (and possibly some of us…
My nine-year-old grandson is Spiderman mad at the moment, I try desperately to have meaningful conversations with him, but have never watched a Spiderman film or read the comic strip. I listen intently as he tells me the plot of the film in his inimitable expressive way. I have endured this experience several times before…
Lent is often seen as a time when we give up something but at Chantry this year we are looking at what we have and being thankful. Some of you will know what a Lent Gift Calendar is as I know it has been done in many churches. The idea is that each day you…
Franciszek Gajowniczek was a Nazi prisoner in Auschwitz when a fellow inmate escaped. The standard discipline when anyone escaped was to select 10 men at random and place them in a cell where they were left to starve to death. When Gajowniczek heard his name read, he sobbed, “My wife and my children.” At that…