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Race across the world

One of my favourite television programmes is ” Race Across the World”. If you watch it you will be used to the pattern but if you don’t, I will explain briefly that 5 couples start off on a journey through a number of countries, with a budget equivalent to the air fare if they were…

Prayer Month

Dear Friends, I hope this letter finds you well. June is nearly upon us, and I am delighted to let you know that here in Ipswich, June is going to be a dedicated month of prayer. Leaflets will be coming to your churches soon! Please get involved. We need your prayers! Please can you pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit…

Show respect

Continuing reflection on the Prayer Card from the Christian organisation called Medical Missionary News (https://mmn.uk.com). Wednesday’s prayer is for CARE FOR DISABLED AND ORPHANS. “Disability is often seen as a curse in certain areas of the world. Pray for those who are supporting the disabled and their families so that they may give value to…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th May 2026

Day of Pentecost                                Year A                                                 24th May 2026 Lectionary Readings: Numbers 11 v24-30;      Psalm 104 v24-34, 35b;      Acts 2 v1-21;      John 20 v19-23                 ‘A breath of fresh air’ An expression we use to suggest that someone has made a positive difference to our lives. I think we can describe Jesus as ‘a breath…

More body parts

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…

What would Jesus make of Operation Epic Fury?

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…

A baffling world

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…