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“Hidden talents”

COP28 starts in 10 days’ time in Dubai. The lectionary reading yesterday was the parable of the talents, where a slave owner gives each of his slaves 10 talents, before going away for some time. 10 talents was a considerable sum of money, even one talent was more than any employee or slave could expect…

Uniform?

On Tuesday a group of us who take part in Open the Book acted out the story of Eve being tempted and eating the forbidden fruit. God’s perfect world became imperfect. The moral of the story reinforced to the children one of their core values of Honesty and knowing the difference between doing bad and doing good.…

“Up Grandma!”

When I arrived to collect my granddaughter for Mothers and Toddlers this week, she was asleep in her buggy. Of course, as soon as we went into the hall, she woke up and had a happy afternoon playing, snacking and singing. However, when I put her back in the pushchair to take to school to…

Help?

Just after the recent flooding in Framlingham, as householders we received a standard e-mail from the company responsible for our drains. One provider sells us water while another company charges us to take it away again, (after we have washed in it or processed it through our systems.) Run off water from our properties goes…

Lament

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Kathy Galloway, a practical theologian, writer and former co-leader of the Iona Community. www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading Something to read “The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It…

Balance

This thought was fist published in August 2020 There was an article in the Daily Telegraph about a month ago about balancing each day.  It said that there was almost nothing more calming than creating a balance when you plan your daily activities.  Life will then seem more purposeful and organised.  Balance is created in…