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)
Continuing reflection on the Prayer Card from the Christian organisation called Medical Missionary News (https://mmn.uk.com), Thursday’s prayer is for HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES. “Prevention is better than cure, so pray for those seeking to deliver teaching programmes that will educate the community on how they can minimise the risk of illness or how they can support…
Oliver Sacks, an eminent neurologist wrote a book entitled, “The man who mistook his wife for a hat.” This describes the phenomenon of visual agnosia – where despite normal vision the brain cannot recognise the object. Vision is dependent on our eyes, including the lens, the muscles of the iris, as well as the muscles…
I recently went to see a film called the Christophers which, by the way, I would heartily recommend. It stars Ian McKellen as a painter renowned for two series of paintings called the ‘Christophers’ but who has lost his muse and not painted anything of note for thirty years or so. I won’t give any…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Sue Wright www.ellel.uk But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the…
I recently sent a congratulation card to a young friend who had just secured her first teaching job. Usually teaching vacancies come up after half term, but this school had got ahead of the game and interviewed early. I remembered when I had successfully got a teaching job on 24th April, for a September start and…
Read: Galatians 5:16-25 In today’s reading from Galatians 5, the Apostle Paul sets out the contrasts between life in the flesh and life in the Spirit. He argues that those who have fully accepted life in Christ are in a different world from those who have not. In referring to the ‘sins of the flesh’,…
One of my favourite television programmes is ” Race Across the World”. If you watch it you will be used to the pattern but if you don’t, I will explain briefly that 5 couples start off on a journey through a number of countries, with a budget equivalent to the air fare if they were…
Continuing reflection on the Prayer Card from the Christian organisation called Medical Missionary News (https://mmn.uk.com). Wednesday’s prayer is for CARE FOR DISABLED AND ORPHANS. “Disability is often seen as a curse in certain areas of the world. Pray for those who are supporting the disabled and their families so that they may give value to…
Phineas Gage was a railway worker in the 1800s who was made famous by an horrific industrial accident where a metal rod was impaled through the left side of his head. This destroyed almost the entire left frontal lobe of his brain. Amazingly he survived the accident and went on to live a further 12…
The present conflict between America and Iran has been portrayed in some quarters as a ‘Holy War’ and that troubles me greatly. Why? I believe we should do all we can politically to remove brutal dictators and regimes, but this should never be at the expense of the innocent people they themselves are oppressing. Jesus…