I must start this TFTD with an apology. I was recently attending a meeting that involved Methodists from outside the Ipswich Circuit on Zoom. A gentleman asked me how Bill the dog was – which surprised me somewhat as I had never met the guy before. It transpired that he had read the TFTD form…

Do you remember the days when certain colour combinations were outlawed by the guardians of dress sense? Men never wore pink. Black was never worn with brown. And there was a little rhyme that told us ‘Blue and Green should never be seen except with something in between’. An alternative ended with ‘… except when…

I recently saw this saying and I really like it. “A person’s most beautiful asset is not a head full of knowledge, but a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others.” Each little part has a simple but worthwhile message. You don’t have to be very…

In the final episode of Freddie Flintoff’s ‘Field of Dreams’ series two, we watched as his young team played and lost to a more experienced team on a world class pitch in India before they travelled home. It has become apparent, as the programmes progressed that cricket itself became the medium by which these young…

You do not need me to tell you that green plants move in the direction of sunlight because they need the light to photosynthesise; the process that is they key to their life. After a week away in Scotland recently, where the weather was less than ideal, my return to my usual walking routes soon…

In 2002 I moved to Littleport in the Fens when my late husband was stationed there as minister for 4 churches. Employment in the Fens is largely centred on agriculture with many farmers and farm workers in the churches and others working in businesses and industry linked to farming. So, life in the churches and…

This extract from Acts 10 verse 14 came to mind recently. I experienced a problem with my faithful laptop computer when an essential component (for me) was no longer working. After Internet searches, and several unsuccessful attempts to resolve it, I resorted to contacting Microsoft Support. Surprisingly quickly I had a response from an agent…

My sister recently underwent a knee replacement, and being the “loving/devoted” older sibling, I went to stay with her for a few days. She was just one week post surgery and had been given a programme of exercises by the physiotherapist whom we visited on my first day there. Anyone who has had a knee…

We live in an age of uncertainties, where people have ceased to be sure about anything. Life seems so full, yet deep down right where our lives really matter it is empty, and having no signpost to lead the way, people turn to wealth and possessions. There is, of course, no problem in wealth and…

At the Harvest Service in Felixstowe Methodist Church at Trinity last Sunday the items donated have been given to the Little Pantries Project. The Rev Jo Jacobs remarked about how different our services are now in that we are very much including helping to feed the hungry. It made me think about Harvest Services when…