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)
The Thought for the Day is taken from Proverbs 2 v 10-11.For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you Toward the close of World War II, one Allied unit was assigned a crucial mission in Berlin. Each soldier had to memorise…
It is said that one of the reasons that Da Vinci’s painting of ‘The Last Supper’ took four years to complete was that when it was almost finished, a friend commented to the artist that he found the painting incredibly moving – especially the silver cup on the table. “It was brilliant, beautiful!” he said,”…
Those who know me will not be surprised to learn that as a child I disliked see-saws, roundabouts, and swings. Roundabouts are the least offensive to me as they have the advantage of not constantly delivering shocks and changing direction. To this day I cannot lose the memory of having to take the children on…
“One word of Truth…” is the title of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s acceptance speech when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. The title is part of a Russian proverb which says ‘One word of truth outweighs the whole world’. In the news very recently you will almost certainly heard or read that a…
An earlier article by Liz Cope included the following comments and if you want to read them in context look at 31 October 2022. “We do this every day – make assumptions, consciously and unconsciously. It is not something we can prevent, but what we can do is recognise when it is happening and try…
Two weeks ago we had a partial solar eclipse on 25th October. On that day I was driving down to London at about the time the eclipse was happening. I resisted the temptation to look at the sun for several reasons, one being I was driving around the M25 with hundreds of other motorists! However…
I love villages that have maintained their historical feel while finding a place in the modern world. Lavenham in Suffolk is a good example not far away from where we now live, but one of my favourite places is Dent in north Yorkshire. The village is accessed along single-track roads and can be a nightmare…
The Thought for the Day is from Matthew 22 v 37. Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind Throughout the London Underground system are signs that warn “Mind the Gap.” They remind travellers to pay attention to the space between the train and…
There are several interesting stories associated with Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting of ‘The Last Supper’, here is one of them: Around the time Leonardo started to paint this painting he had an enemy who also painted. He despised him after having had a bitter argument with him. When he got to paint the face of…
Today’s gospel reading is that challenging parable about what we earn, if we are in paid employment [Matthew 20:1-16]. It also reveals a message about how we deal with the things we do in life, not least our voluntary roles and responsibilities in our churches and more widely. At the risk of losing all the…