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)
If you have ever considered the idea of taking up either surfing, or windsurfing, I thought that you might appreciate a bit of advice before investing in a board, wet suit and all the gear you will need. Not that I have even touched a surfboard in my entire life, nor am ever likely to.…
Where we live at midnight we watch the fireworks from our bedroom window. We have a view up the river and, on a clear night, can experience displays on the waterfront and beyond in one direction and possibly through Sproughton and along the estuary in the other. The family from next door who moved in…
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the…
One of the last public duties the late Queen Elizabeth undertook was to open the new Elizabeth Line in May 2022. A new route spanning 73 miles from Shenfield in Essex to Reading in Berkshire, this huge engineering project had cost 18.8 billion pounds. Huge boring machines had moved 7 million tonnes of earth from…
Years ago, it was my practice to go for a haircut without making an appointment, so while waiting for my turn, I would read any available literature. One of my favourites was the Reader’s Digest, concentrating on the many humorous stories and comments. One story that has stayed with me related to two elderly men…
This thought was first published in August 2021 Thought for the day on 2 wheels!(This series of Thoughts for the Day were inspired whilst taking a week’s break in Eastbourne with my friend Rev Rach Ward, a Minister in the Leeds South and West Circuit, previously a Local Preacher in the Ipswich Circuit) 3. The…
(Photo by Lourenço Pavão on Unsplash) Travel to Caithness in Scotland and, on a remote stretch of shoreline, you will find poetry by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Here, carved into the rocks, are complete poems and further extracts from more than twenty of his works – written in the original Spanish. Why? You might…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Denise Cross www.ellel.uk “For though by this time, you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For anyone who partakes only of…
At the beginning of a New Year, we thank God for His past faithfulness and trust in him for the future – whatever that may bring. I usually choose a hymn to put above my desk as a reference point for the year. However, this year I’ve adapted a prayer to use instead. God, help…
A happy New Year wherever you are. To be happy is to feel, show or cause pleasure or satisfaction according to the Cambridge Dictionary. That is fine but what are the ingredients for happiness? Walking along the beach at Southwold in the sunshine just ten days before Christmas seemed to be a perfect moment to…