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)
25th January Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.” A lot of what we have been feeling, saying and doing over these past few months has been driven by fear. That may not be altogether a…
The village country show has been a part of our British culture for several generations I love the Kilnsey show (Pictured above) held in upper Wharfedale on the Tuesday following the August Bank holiday each year. It is everything a country show should be, local businesses selling their huge range of wares from food to…
You may well remember (or perhaps not so well) the maths lessons at school when you began to learn about graphs with an x axis and a y axis, thus y axis|||||__________________ x axis These two axes, when joined, are used to represent the relationship between two variables, speed and time, for example. But enough…
The song of the humpback whale is one of the strangest in nature. It is a combination of high-and low-pitched groanings. Those who have studied the humpback whale say their songs are noteworthy because these giants of the deep are continually changing them. New patterns are added and old ones eliminated so that over a period of…
As some of you will know I like a variety of teas and, usually drink it black so I can taste the tea. I have green tea with lemon for breakfast, Lady Grey for lunch and green tea in the afternoon. Perhaps you are thinking “Ugh” or what has that got to do with a…
A sad thing happened this week and as I look out into my garden, I feel bereft. Our walnut tree which has been there since we moved here 28 years ago (and a lot longer) had to be removed. It had developed a sickness which meant if left it could have been unstable. As I…
Paul Wylie was skating in the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary. He was nervous as he began his programme before 20,000 people and a TV audience of millions. Then, in his first jump, something went wrong. He writes, “A flash later my hand touches the ice; the blade won’t hold. I start slipping and now…
It is easy to take sides in a dispute without understanding the facts. Human nature is supportive of friends or family. I have reflected before on the dangers of polarisation of opinion, of being ‘black and white’ when in real life there is grey and even colour. Several years ago I knew of two brothers,…
Dr Michael Mosely explains in his book about reducing sugar in your diet that eight weeks is a long enough period of time to change your lifestyle for ever. Personally, my will power is insufficient to achieve eight weeks, so I have never been able to test the theory. That is until 2020, when all…
Losing control is the worst of all possible experiences for any human being. Before the onset of the pandemic, you could move about freely, you could travel, you could do more or less as you pleased. The start of the pandemic changed all that. You weren’t able to move about freely or travel and you…