Phineas Gage was a railway worker in the 1800s who was made famous by an horrific industrial accident where a metal rod was impaled through the left side of his head. This destroyed almost the entire left frontal lobe of his brain. Amazingly he survived the accident and went on to live a further 12…
The present conflict between America and Iran has been portrayed in some quarters as a ‘Holy War’ and that troubles me greatly. Why? I believe we should do all we can politically to remove brutal dictators and regimes, but this should never be at the expense of the innocent people they themselves are oppressing. Jesus…
I had to attend a meeting in London on Tuesday, I haven’t been to London for several years and on the last occasion I had been with two colleagues who knew their way around train travel and negotiating the London Underground and I just chugged along following them. This time was different, I was travelling…
Pilgrimages have grown in popularity recently – maybe due to the annual Easter TV programme that follows seven celebrities over a couple of weeks as they walk a pilgrim route together exploring the chemistry between them and their relationship with their beliefs. The closest I’ve been to a pilgrimage was on Bank Holiday Monday this…
Assembly Bangers Service – 4pm Sunday 28th June.
Read: Luke 24-44-53 Today is Ascension Day. The Bible reading explains how Jesus reminded the disciples that the Old Testament Law, Prophets, and Psalms had been fulfilled; he had suffered, he had risen, and soon the message of repentance and forgiveness would spread out, starting in Jerusalem but reaching all corners of the world. Jesus…
The Path to Perfection : an examination and restatement of John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection by W E Sangster. Epworth Press, 1957 (The New Lincoln Library, vol. 11). 209 pages Available secondhand By all accounts this is an excellent book which received high praise from all quarters, religious and secular, when first published in 1943. The fact…
Monday 25th May 10am – 4pm.
This week, our Bite Sized Service reflects on Psalm 27:14.
A lot of us find partings difficult to handle. You only have to stand on a station platform or airport departure area to see people hugging, perhaps crying, and waving sadly as they go their separate ways. Looking back on my life experiences I think some of the hardest goodbyes I have said were to…