Some years ago, Rev Rob Anning came to preach at Elmsett Methodist Church. He asked us to sing a hymn by Rev John Bell, from the Iona Community, ‘You are the God of new beginnings’. It is a hymn that really speaks to me. As with a lot of John Bell songs, it is reflective…

We had a Circuit Service at the beginning of Advent, I had the privilege of being able to sit in the congregation and be led by others.  It was a wonderful experience and as we drove home, Karen and I were thrilled with all that we had just experienced.  Why did it work so well?…

When my son James was a child, he was severely asthmatic and really could do very little running about. His favourite toy was Lego and he had a lot. He saved all his pocket money to buy new pieces. I thoroughly enjoyed building things with it too and many Sunday afternoons were spent building some…

As we left the Mothers’ and Toddlers’ Christmas party, my granddaughter, strapped in her buggy, was given a purple balloon to take home. How she loved this purple balloon! ‘Purple’ being the latest word and concept added to her vocabulary, she hugged it to herself so tightly I thought it might burst. It had a…

Today is a terrible day in the liturgical calendar. This is when we remember the other side of the story; after the adoration of the Christ child comes King Herod’s instruction to slaughter innocent baby boys in an irrational attempt to take out his opposition by firing grapeshot. This was the first time Jesus got…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Cl\ire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading-27-december Something to read Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Wild animals and all cattle, creeping…

One of the Bible stories that I find fascinating is in Exodus and starting in chapter 3.  Moses was “tending” a flock of sheep owned by his father-in-law when he was confronted by an angel of the Lord, appearing to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Yet the narrative continues with Moses…