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)
In ‘The Complete Disciple’, Paul W. Powell describes a picture of a rugged wagon train painted by a famous artist of the American West. It is night and the wagons have been drawn into a circle for protection. The men are gathered around the campfire, and the wagon-master has a map spread out before him.…
So who is your favourite singer? For many of my age the answer could include one or more of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones or someone else from that amazing range of talent we grew up with. I was always a bit different – I’d possibly say the Scottish rocker ,New Romantic and co-Founder…
Psalm 119:103 “How sweet are your words to my taste,Sweeter than honey to my mouth.” “The unfolding of your words gives light, it gives understanding to the simple.” v130 “All your words are true;All your righteous laws are eternal.” v160 The Word of God, or the words of God have so many wonderful qualities and purposes: …
So, there we are. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and it was during Lent last year that the full enormity of the COVID-19 crisis became recognisable. Countries went into lock-down; people reacted in their own ways to restrictions. Initially there was panic buying in the UK as folk stocked up on the most…
When we visited the Holy Land a few years ago we had a Muslim guide and his knowledge of the Holy Land and the Bible (Old and New Testament) was wonderful. However, he never referred to OLIVE Trees in that way it was always OLIVER Trees. That provided us all with a chuckle but also,…
Maybe you don’t need me to remind you that today is St Valentine’s Day and as a grumpy old man, I look at these occasions as yet another marketing ploy for companies to re-brand their ordinary product, inflate the price and fleece well meaning members of the public. My wife tells me that I haven’t…
John 1: 1 “In the beginning was The Word…..” Have you ever really thought about how powerful words can be? It’s hard to believe the pen really is mightier than the sword when we see all the pictures and reports of violence which stream across our television and computer screens; yet eventually there has to…
The very well-known hymn ‘Abide with me’ says change and decay in all around I see, O thou who changest not, abide with me. There is a pattern associated with change which is summarised by the ‘Kubler-Ross change curve’. Several stages are involved from (initial) shock and denial through anger or frustration, bargaining and depression…
When I lived in Brunei we celebrated Christmas, end of Ramadan (Eid) and Chinese New Year as well as the Queen’s Birthday and the Sultan’s Birthday – a nice lot of holidays. The Chinese New Year’s Day is actually longer than a day, and this year it is 12-14th February. Each year is called a…
Psalm 119: 97-104 “Oh, how I love your law!” Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.Your commands are always with me, and make me wiser than my enemies.I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your…