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)
One of the advantages of being a minister in the East Anglia Methodist District is that every other year we are gifted with a Minister’s Retreat. We go away together for about forty-eight hours, we learn together, we relax together, share fellowship, and eat together, and it is an opportunity to withdraw from our everyday…
The photo which accompanies this article is of a Cyclamen in my garden. The pot which it was in had somehow got hidden underneath an old table and I thought the plant had died as basically there was only the bulb remaining. I eventually brought it out into the open and decided to give it…
This morning I came across new words by John Campbell for a well-known carol tune “Good Christians all, rejoice”. Here are the words: Augustus on his Roman throne, Seemed Lord of all, divine, alone; Yet he knew not what God had planned: One who’d take the world in hand. Only shepherds heard the song: The…
One of my grandmothers had a particularly robust view of God’s will. I struggled with its idiosyncrasies from an early age. It went along the lines that bad things are God’s will so it cannot be changed, and as good things are bound to fail soon it never pays to be optimistic. Generally, I have…
Bible reading : Psalm 139:13 (The Message)You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body. You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something Did you know there are more than 270000 different species of flower on the Earth ? and looking at…
Life can be a struggle at times, marked by pain, loss, grief, broken relationships and ill health. None of us can avoid all of these things because they are part of the journey. We would not be human if we didn’t feel desperate for help at times. The wonder of our faith is that those…
COP28 starts in 10 days’ time in Dubai. The lectionary reading yesterday was the parable of the talents, where a slave owner gives each of his slaves 10 talents, before going away for some time. 10 talents was a considerable sum of money, even one talent was more than any employee or slave could expect…
While eating my breakfast this morning, I watched the Countryfile Ramble for Children in Need on BBC iPlayer. I have always felt inspired by the Children in Need appeal each year and this programme is no disappointment, so if you haven’t watched, I can commend it to you. The real stars of the show are…
On Tuesday a group of us who take part in Open the Book acted out the story of Eve being tempted and eating the forbidden fruit. God’s perfect world became imperfect. The moral of the story reinforced to the children one of their core values of Honesty and knowing the difference between doing bad and doing good.…
When I arrived to collect my granddaughter for Mothers and Toddlers this week, she was asleep in her buggy. Of course, as soon as we went into the hall, she woke up and had a happy afternoon playing, snacking and singing. However, when I put her back in the pushchair to take to school to…