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)
Over the last five weeks, in the garden at Kirton Methodist Chapel, for our time ofReflection and mediation at 4pm each Sunday afternoon, we have been looking atthe Modern Methodist Art collection. Everyone who has attended, has been give the full set of 24 postcards and togetherwe have been on a shared journey of discovery.…
Sometimes a seemingly innocent telephone call can set a massive challenge for you. One such call landed in my lap on the last Saturday in August, the challenge was that we are taking responsibility for a further four Churches which we are inheriting from a neighbouring Circuit and the plan was to hold a special…
Daniel was the youngest of three children and the shortest at six feet one inch. He came from a baker’s family and, leaving school at 15, joined the family firm selling bread and cakes. He had an inexhaustible love of painting which would eventually lead him into serious trouble. He’d stop and paint or sketch…
A good friend is a special gift, given to us along the chequered path of life to help us and lift our spirits in times of trouble, and to share happy experiences that become part of a shared history. I have such a friend in Angela, who I met in my first week at university in…
The honeybee has one of the most highly developed social structures in the animal kingdom.At the heart of the hive, which may house as many as 80,000 bees, is the queen. Without her the colony has no future. But the 80,000 don’t just sit around watching their queen. Each bee has a specialized duty to…
Wendy Jobson has sent in this anonymous poem to share with you all today… A smile costs nothing, but gives much.It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give.It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it…
Reading: Ezekiel 47 Herbs were vitally important in Ezekiel’s time with so many uses, especially for healing. He paints a word picture of the river of life, flowing from the throne of God, lined with trees which are nourished by that river. Consider this picture for a moment – a picture of lush green, of…
Following Leadership team discussion on welcoming newcomers to the village I decided to take some flowers to some new residents in the village. To be honest it was completely out of my comfort zone and I didn’t really want to do it however I thought I should so a little prayer for courage went up!…
All America waited anxiously. Many people prayed. Captain Scott O’Grady’s F-16 had been shot down as he was flying over Serbia. Had he been killed or captured? Was he seriously injured? The hours ticked by. Five days passed. On the 6th day another pilot picked up a faint message from O’Grady’s radio. He was alive,…
Boys Brigade and Brownies used to meet on the same evening at one of the Churches we attended. In typical style, the boys had been trying to scare the girls. Our smallest daughter came home full of indignation and informed us that she had been told that our Church had a Ghost ! and asked…