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)
When our sports team wins a cup or our country wins a battle, we arrange a victory parade. The open topped bus is driven slowly through the town, with the smiling heroes on top waving to their adoring fans. It’s a tradition that seems to have started in Roman times, when, on the day of…
For what feels like years we have been waiting for repairs to be carried out to remake the footpath beside the river just along the road from our house. In very heavy rain a couple of Boxing Days ago, the erosion of soil, made worse by high water levels led to a partial collapse of…
The beautiful sight of daffodils at this time of the year reminds me of the first of two separate Easter Day sermons I heard many years ago. Possibly a reader of this contribution may have heard the same stories, from the same speakers, as they are well worth repeating. The first speaker related how he…
In Eddie Askew’s book he tells us of a friend who had a really refreshing holiday on a narrow boat on a canal. They watched the life all around them and noticed that the butterflies were flying faster than they were going. Years ago I went on a week’s holiday on a narrow boat holiday,…
My husband was recently complaining how it was really hard to push the plunger down on our cafetière – only posh coffee in our house! So I set to, with a pair of pliers to dismantle it, only to discover layers of coffee sludge and calcium carbonate blocking the filters. After a good scrub, and…
Based on Luke 19: 1-10 I love reading biographies and auto biographies and have quite an extensive collection of books, audio books and digital books. Perhaps I’m just nosy, but I want to know what drives people, how they become successful, how they overcome hurdles and even survive against all the odds. I particularly like…
I have decided to start my Spring cleaning. I was looking through a pile of old CD’s and I found one by Rita MacNeil which was released in 1990. I remember buying it because I really liked her song “Working Man” but the words of some of the other songs are really thoughtful. One in particular…
These days we block out natural light with curtains and blinds whereas in the ancient world, people organised their activities around the pattern of daylight. According to Genesis, light was the first thing created ; in Revelation the Holy city ‘has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of…
Well, there we are. Last week I wrote about a lovely spring day while today I write after the snow and rain of yesterday with a lowering sky outside daring me to try anything foolish, such as gardening. The transition from winter to spring can often see a few reverses. One of the subtler signs…
Three years ago today, we published our very first Thought for the day. Rev. Derek Grimshaw finished this very first thought with the following paragraph. “I am going to try and commit myself to writing a daily message to be posted on our new website. I am of a mind that we can use the…