Voyager 1 ascended into space in the year in which I was in the lower sixth form at school. Ever since then it has been travelling further and further from our planet and sending back images which have enhanced human understanding of things God knows and sees. By the time my son was the age…
Rev Neil Thorogood, Principal of Westminster College, Cambridge, at the time of writing (May 2023). www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading He laid the foundation on rock Something to read Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’, and do not do what I tell you? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words,…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Micha 6:8.
May 2024 Preaching Plan
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In recent years, I have been amazed by the contrast in medical costs. For example, in at least one of the African countries healthcare may be obtained for the equivalent of £3 per annum BUT many families cannot afford that. In the USA, I was informed that the cost of an MRI scan would be $10,000…
Seventh Sunday of Easter Year B 12th May 2024 Lectionary Readings: Acts 1 v15-17,21-26. Psalm 1. 1 John 5 v9-13. John 17 v6-19. Knowing me, knowing you. Jesus said, “Father, I don’t ask you to take my followers out of the world, but to keep them safe. I am sending them into the…
Last evening my husband and I went to Bury St Edmunds to the theatre. We were there quite early so visited a local pub for a drink and bite to eat beforehand….(it was an ecclesiastical place “The One Bull” so felt justified). Whilst we were sat sipping our drinks, we noticed several people (mainly women…
The picture above is of Gaza in 2024, but it could so easily be of a whole host of different places around the world, I confess to getting increasingly depressed, and overwhelmed by the sheer destruction of so many cities around the world. Apart from the destruction of property, what upsets me is the humanitarian…
At a recent Service of Healing and Wholeness a young man came into the church just as the service was about to begin. He looked nervous and I immediately went to welcome him. He explained that he had never been in a church in his entire life (I think he was about 30). He sat with…