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)
Psalm 104 v 24“O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all.” I love doing jigsaws and I’ve done and redone quite a few during this last year. I particularly like land and seascapes. When I start a puzzle, I sort the pieces into the outside ones and…
We have been in lockdown now since 23rd March 2020, for many of us this means a complete change of circumstance, daily living, affording things and maintaining a health relationship with our families. There are so many people who cannot wait to be free, will run headlong into the wind, thinking that all of the…
As some of you will know, I spent some time in hospital recently. It’s amazing what you think of in that situation, and one of the pictures which kept coming into my head was of an icon I was shown during a Quiet Day at Otley Hall. Icons are images used in the Orthodox Church…
Bible Reading 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble The story is told about a plainly dressed man who entered a church in the Netherlands and took a seat near the front. A few minutes later a woman walked down the aisle, saw the stranger in the place…
You may not be prepared to pay for the view from my desk but it never ceases to interest me. In these ordinary trees I see the changing seasons and although sometimes I have a surprise when something like a woodpecker comes to call, some of my best entertainment is provided by the wood pigeons.…
A lady who experienced a total solar eclipse described the incredible sensation of being engulfed by the rushing shadow of darkness, then being awed by the rapidly approaching dawn. Some observers saw it as merely a coincidence that the moon was in the exact position to shut out the sun’s light from reaching the earth…
One of my first purchases after I started working was a Kodak pocket camera. I had seen films as a teenager where a spy would slip his hand into his pocket and take out a tiny camera so that he could photograph some top secret documents which had been carelessly left strewn on the desk…
Philippians 2:1-4 “Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of…
Some people like coffee strong and black, others white with sugar, many people just have it white; there are many ways. I recently had a conversation about coffee and all the different types; roast, ordinary, decaffeinated, etc., etc. This got me thinking about other things which I like that has many different types like tea,…
I recently had the great privilege of returning to the Church in which I grew up to lead their 356th Anniversary. Inevitably I met new people and was reacquainted with people I have known all my life. Some of the former group were from families associated with mine and yet as individuals we have never…