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)
Well, I made it! 123miles in 3 days – including the hottest day of the year so far. Our first day of cycling was mainly on the flat with no sight of Hadrian’s wall. However, we made up for both on day 2 – the wall and many hills. Remember when you freewheel down a…
Pictured here is a very old example of a Portmanteau. This particular example was made for George Washington and is held by the Museum of the American Revolution. What makes it a portmanteau is that it’s a bag or case with two separate parts joined together. This Thought is a Part 2 and in an…
This thought was first published in June 2020 Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. “John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do…
I will never stop being amazed at how God works! I had no idea what to write about this week and it’s got to middle morning on Wednesday – usually by now I’d got it sorted. I made myself a coffee and went out to feed the birds. As I did so, Pachelbel’s Canon in…
Read: Acts 2:14-21 We have become used to having a mobile phone within reach for much of the time. When I was growing up it was decided that ‘we children’ needed to learn to use the telephone, in case of an emergency. Making a call involved going to a different room, dialling a number and…
For many years Karen and I went to St Andrews Methodist Church in Undercliffe Bradford and one of the features of life in that Church was Scarborough Weekend. Every year during November a large group of us would take over Green Gables hotel (pictured above) and in its heyday we would number a hundred plus…
This phrase, part of a question that Satan asked Eve, Genesis 3:1, is something I find frequently coming to mind. I am not sure if this is something that comes with increasing age or a personal challenge. We live in a world of instant media information, and to hear of the ill-treatment of Christians in…
By the time this TFTD is published I shall hopefully be on a train home from Newcastle, having completed a 3 day cycle ride along Hadrian’s Wall – actually on roads following the route along Hadrian’s Wall, from Silloth to Tynemouth Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years…
What difference does your faith make to you? A strange question to start perhaps, but I think it is important we ask this question not only of others but ourselves. Why do we need to ask this question? Because people of no faith must think we are strange because we believe as Christians in someone…
The tragedy in Gujarat, when so many people were killed when the plane crashed, has been very much in my mind and in my heart. When I lived in Belfast the church I attended had a big connection with Gujarat. One of the church members was the great great grandson of the first Presbyterian Missionary,…