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)
This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent Cunningham discuss 9 different characters from the Bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. THE MOB at THESSALONICA – Paul…
As a teenager I used to dread Mothering Sunday because there was a practice in our Church of giving a bunch of daffodils to mums in the congregation. At some point in history it had been deemed unfair that women with five children would get five bunches, while mothers with a single child would get…
In 1952, President Harry Truman appointed Newbold Morris to a very important post. His duty was to keep a close check on crime and mismanagement in government affairs. On one occasion, however, Morris was called before a Senate sub-committee to answer questions about the sale of some ships by his own company in New York.…
To my mind, an essential ingredient of spring is primroses in the ditches and later on cowslips too. I love the snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and others in the garden but wild primroses are on a different level. They are all muddled up with the remains of the die back from last summer, the still raised…
Oscar Cullmann, (1902-1999), a Swiss-German theologian who lived through World War 2, gives an illuminating picture of the Second Coming of Christ. He pointed out that every war has a decisive battle which effectively determines the outcome of the war. After this battle, there is little doubt about what the future holds. The battle establishes…
The story is told of a man who got a permit to open the first tavern in a small town. The members of the local church were strongly opposed to the bar, so they began to pray that God would intervene. A few days before the tavern was scheduled to open, lightning hit the structure and…
WEEK 7 This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent discuss 9 different characters from the Bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. JUDAS ISCARIOT We have a…
We have just spent five days on holiday in Norfolk, when apart from a very orange day on Wednesday thanks to the Sahara sand, we have had a lovely week. We have travelled less than five hundred miles during the week but the signs that have made my heart sink over and over again is…
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was a non-conformist hymn writer, recognised today as the ‘Father of English hymnody’. He preceded Charles Wesley (1707-1788) by many years and their output of religious verse is often compared and contrasted. They have both added enormously to all of our hymn books (1933, 1984, 2011) In Singing the Faith, for example,…
When Apollo 11 neared the moon in July 1969, the editors of the New York Times felt their coverage of the first step on lunar soil should go beyond headlines and photos to embrace an achievement shared by all humanity. So they asked Pulitzer Prize-winner Archibald MacLeish to write a poem. The day after Neil…