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Re-membering

Every month seems to come round quicker and quicker! Here we are in the month of Remembrance once again. Thinking about the Gunpowder plot, laying explosives under the Houses of Parliament, resonates with what is going on in Gaza as I write this. The tunnels packed with weaponry by Hamas under innocent buildings with people…

Free spirits

There is an important place for those who can think and behave in unorthodox ways; without them we would not develop exciting new technologies, exceed old limits, or crack long standing problems. Free Spirits can also be disruptive in a destructive way and do harm, they may exploit vulnerabilities and they sometimes unknowingly bring anxiety…

Neighbours

Sir, I have no husband Here at Seaton Road Methodist we resumed “Time 4 You” for the winter months, where sessions use the practise of “Godly Play” to look at a visual presentation that takes you on a personal level into a story & then we discuss & “wonder”. In October we looked into “The…

Floods

Many of us will have experienced some amount of flooding as a result of storm Babet. Where I live, apart from the inconvenience of not having easy access into town, there was not much damage. There was a slightly anxious moment when water was flowing from our pond (drainage ditch off the fields) across the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 5th November 2023

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time                     Year A                                     5th November 2023 Lectionary Readings: Micah 3 v5-12; Psalm 43; 1 Thessalonians 2 v9-13; Matthew 23 v1-12. Hypocrisy. In today’s gospel reading Jesus is talking about religious leaders who pay lip service to their own teaching and preaching. Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:…

Total support

The Ferris Wheel in Felixstowe is in the process of being dismantled. It’s quite interesting to see how each day a bit more of it is craned onto the back of a lorry. Some of the pieces are huge and obviously very strong. They would need to be strong as thousands of people have had…