Unspeakable : facing up to the challenge of evil by Os GuinnessHarperOne, 2005 238 pages £13 ISBN 978 0 060 833 008 Evil is a fact of everyday life and, as the publisher’s blurb puts it, ‘we live in the most murderous hundred years in history and we are the first generation to witness every…
My nine-year-old grandson is Spiderman mad at the moment, I try desperately to have meaningful conversations with him, but have never watched a Spiderman film or read the comic strip. I listen intently as he tells me the plot of the film in his inimitable expressive way. I have endured this experience several times before…
Lent is often seen as a time when we give up something but at Chantry this year we are looking at what we have and being thankful. Some of you will know what a Lent Gift Calendar is as I know it has been done in many churches. The idea is that each day you…
Franciszek Gajowniczek was a Nazi prisoner in Auschwitz when a fellow inmate escaped. The standard discipline when anyone escaped was to select 10 men at random and place them in a cell where they were left to starve to death. When Gajowniczek heard his name read, he sobbed, “My wife and my children.” At that…
A prayer shared at Synod – “Lord, make me a channel of disturbance”.
Matthew 4:7 – ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test’. When I was beginning my career my friends and I were relieved to have work, pleased if we were offered promotion and grateful for a pay rise. I started out at a time of high interest rates, high inflation and when employment…
Monday 25th April, 6-7pm, Ipswich Cornhill
How much do Christians in Niger, a predominantly Muslim country in West Africa, have to teach Christians in the West ? The Bible Society issues a monthly newsletter to those who belong to the Bible a Month community of about 23,000 people. Two countries are covered in each newsletter with reports from Bible Society secretaries,…
This week we reflect on 1John 4:9-12 and sing Because of Your love by Phil Wickham.
Saturday 16th April 9am – 2pm