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 thing I have had recently is time to read. Among books I turned to was the whole Narnia Cycle. When I was 12, I saved up pocket money to buy the whole set-in paperback and in a substantial slipcase. They are well read and deservedly so. I was once asked to name the best…
Psalm 100 v 1-2Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. An old Jewish legend says that after God created the world, He called the angels to Himself and asked them what they thought of it. One of them said, “The only thing lacking is the sound of…
Over the last few weeks, I have become a convert to the BBC programme “The repair Shop” a programme I have never really watched before. I am in awe of the skill of the craftsmen and women who can take broken items and restore them, not necessarily to look as good as new, but primarily…
Jesus prays for his friends in the Garden of Gethsemane that they may be one as he is one with the Father. He asks that they may be protected in the uncertain times they face and made holy so they are set apart from the world’s unbelief – by the truth about who Jesus is.…
One can only stand in awe, amazement, respect and gratitude at the fantastic, almost incredible, advances and marvels that are being achieved in science and technology of all kinds, ranging over medicine, communications, neuroscience, cosmology, agriculture, energy and materials science, to name just some. Is there no limit to the capacity and capability of humankind…
I have been watching Jimmy McGovern’s gritty 3-part drama called Time, set in a prison. It was indeed harrowing to watch in many places but I didn’t want to miss any of it. I’m prone to having a wee doze in the evening if a programme is not very interesting. Sean Bean ‘s portrayal of the…
In the Gospel of Mark Jesus encourages his followers to call God Abba. When the Disciples asked for an example of how to pray he starts his prayer “Our Father…” For many of us this is an amazing invitation of be in the most intimate of relationships with an almighty, ever loving creator God. The…
Nichola and I have known this path for over 25 years. We used it as a highway for the buggy when the children were tiny, it was a training ground for carrying them in the backpack as they grew bigger and a Sunday walk later on again. Sometimes it is very wet and once last…
We have experienced many different things and changes during this long period of lockdown. Some of these changes will be with us for many years to come, long after we are allowed more freedom of movement. For example, many people now work all or some of their worktime at home and this has some great…
Sadly Geoffrey Brindley died on Tuesday 26th August 2015, a name that will mean very little to most people, but mention “the Jesus man” and faces in west Yorkshire will light up. I can remember being out in the playground at Calverley Parkside School in the 1960’s and the word would go around “the Jesus…