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)
We’re on our way to Bethlehem but who will show us the way? THE PROPHETS Journeys can be long or short, easy or difficult, slow or quick. You might travel alone or in a group. You might stop along the way. You might get lost. You might need help to find your way. In ADVENT…
I have not forgotten the phrase that I first heard at school, ‘don’t do what I do – do what I tell you’. The implication of that is that it is possible to steer people one way while actually travelling another way. Those who try to operate like that underestimate the effect of lives lived…
“A couple of weekends ago I went to London to help my son, Richard, sort out his flat. At the beginning of January he is relocating to Singapore for 3 years. On Saturday morning we started to make different piles of his belongings. Items for the skip, items for recycling, items for his local charity shop,…
Recently at our Thursday evening Fellowship Meeting our topic for discussion was “The Suitcase.” Prior to this I, along with a huge number of people had watched on television the terrible events in Afghanistan where thousands of people had tried to get out of the country to escape the Taliban. Most of the people in…
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. What is your idea of peace? When I was looking for images to accompany this “thought for the day”, the majority of images were either water or mountainsides. The…
Looking back to my early childhood, I can remember going to bed on Christmas Eve and when we woke on Christmas morning, the front room of our house was decorated with a small Christmas Tree, a few baubles, some fairy lights and a couple of lengths of tinsel. We also had a paper streamer that…
Since September, those who attend ‘Well in the Week’ on Thursday mornings at Seaton Road Methodist Church, Felixstowe, have been considering ‘Essentials for Wellness’. We probably all know the essentials for life – food, water, shelter, love, and we could, in these modern times, add a healthy diet, exercise, and mindfulness to the list. But…
Normally, parking a car next to a wall should not be risky once the parking manoeuvre itself is complete. That was not the case recently in Framlingham when part of the churchyard wall collapsed of its own accord and damaged a parked vehicle. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Walking past the scene a few days…
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…
Luke 2:20. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. In a delightful sermon titled, “When the Angels Were Gone,” G.L.Chappell emphasizes that when the angels announced the good news to the shepherds the men took action. They went to…