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)
You’ll realise by now I’ve become interested in older hymns recently. The messages of hope and comfort, challenge and quiet revolution they include can be inspirational. Methodist tradition has it that our hymn books should also be our prayer books. I can go along with that. One of my favourite prayer/hymns is “For the Healing…
I came across this reworking of psalm 23 by a Japanese Christian, Toki Miyashiro and thought it would be good to share here: The Lord is my pace-setter; I shall not rush; He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals. He provides me with images of stillness which restore my serenity, He leads me…
When my husband and I attended parent’s evenings at my elder son’s school, the teachers always said as we approached, “I don’t have to ask whose parents you are.” My son is the spitting image of his father, in fact it is only because one photo is in black and white and the other in…
Almost fifty four years ago, I sat with the rest of Mr Slater’s class at Calverley Parkside school and we watched the live broadcast of the investiture of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in North Wales, it was one of the most memorable occasions in my childhood, we didn’t have a…
Every morning and every evening my watch tells me to “Take a Moment”: A short time to reflect and to breathe. In this very busy and impatient world it’s a reminder that we need to relax. It seems to me that people, especially young ones, want things immediately instead of taking time and being content…
As I write this, there are daily revelations and updates as to how the coronation of King Charles III is to be celebrated – which carriages are to be used, who’s on the invitation list, what the route will be etc. Comparisons are being made with the last coronation and people are reminiscing about what…
It is generally accepted that the first Christian Martyr was Saint Stephen. [Acts 7:54-60]. Despite the barbarism of the mode of his death, Stephen was stoned, there is something wonderful about he unfolding events which blow the sides out of any neat packaging we may use to contain our faith. Stephen was in front of…
Something to read I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. – Ephesians 3:18-19 from full reading…
I wonder how many of you know how the numbers in the Bible relate to one another. I was aware of some of them, but it was really brought home to me at the District Synod when Rev Graham Thompson, our President of the Methodist Conference, led our opening worship. He led a Bible Study…
One of the things I try and put off as long as possible is housework! I’m possibly not the only one. Eventually I can put it off no longer and out come the cleaning bottles, J-clothes and dusters. Of course, once I have knuckled down it doesn’t take too long and the house once more…