On Monday afternoon some of us from the circuit had a trip to the cinema to watch Ryan Gosling’s latest film ‘Project Hail Mary’. I’m not a great sci fi fan, but this is more of a film about camaraderie lightly hidden in a plot of pending inter galactic disaster. One isolated human having to…
While the authenticity of large-scale performances is known to be doubtful, I believe that genuine spiritual connection can be found in any setting that moves us. This conviction guided my experience at the Good Friday performance of Messiah in The Royal Albert Hall—first when I was 19, and again this year as I witnessed the…
This week, our Bite Sized Service reflects on Job 1:21.
In a previous “thought” I shared with you two of the stories Nigerian Christian women wrote down for us in the World Day of Prayer service. They shared information about their lives, and how their faith has helped them to overcome challenges. Today I am covering another story from a woman who lives in the…
Mark chapter 4 verses 35 to 41 shares a lovely story that was recently the basis for my morning Bible reading, but concentrating on the storm and how Jesus is as much with us in our storms as He was with his disciples. Whenever I am reminded of this account, the phrase that attracts me…
4th Sunday of Easter Year A 26th April 2026 Lectionary Readings: Acts 2 v42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2 v19-25; John 10 v1-10. Whose ‘voice’ do you trust? In the passage from Acts we are told ‘that they spent their time learning from the apostles, and they were like family to each other.’…
There is a tiny gland sitting deep in the centre of your head just underneath the brain, weighing no more than 1g in weight and no more than 1cm in size, (about the size of a kidney bean), that has functions affecting nearly every part of the body. It’s absence of failure to function correctly…
Trauma survivors often tread paths of silent resilience, embodying the words of Viktor Frankl: ‘When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.’ This journey of transformation echoes the wisdom of Romans 12:2, ‘Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Joan Rono (www.ellel.uk) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23, NKJV In my Maasai culture it’s the responsibility of the young boys in the family to take care of their father’s cattle. Being a culture where one’s…
The other morning the kettle would not work. Our water is very hard, so we are used to kettles having a limited life. The immediate assumption was that this was the day for buying a new kettle. Then it transpired that several other things in the kitchen were not working either because the trip had…