From my old files. Some of the followers of Jesus had been listening to His teaching and they didn’t like what He was saying. They said it was just too hard and they turned their back on Him and left. Jesus asked the question of His disciples who were left. –‘Do you also want to leave?’…
Woodbridge Methodist Church 4pm December 4th.
Friday 9th – Monday 12th December @ Trinity Methodist Church.
As a limited Twitter user, I was interested to read a political commentator criticising – and I quote – “so many folks desperate to take snippets of conversation out of context at the moment to create outrage or be outraged.” It reminded me of an incident many years ago when I was walking along the…
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 13th November 2022 Lectionary readings: Malachi 4 v1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3 v6-13; Luke 21 v5-19. Healing and Faith ‘But for you who honour my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays.’ (Malachi 4 v2). ‘Sing a new song to…
I have to admit I have always enjoyed bonfire night. I grew up with catherine wheels – that never seemed to go in the right direction, rockets and sparklers in the back garden and a bonfire that had grown in size over the previous weeks. My grandma’s bonfire toffee kept the local dentist in business…
At 7:10am on Thursday 14th March 2013 we became grandparents, and I will always remember the first couple of weeks of my grandson’s life, I was besotted and had to have my daily fix of seeing him. Like most grandads I guess, I thought that my grandson was the most beautiful person who had ever…
The thought for the Day is from Psalm 23 v 4.Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Author H.W.McLaughlin tells of visiting Israel and talking to an old shepherd. Thinking about Psalm 23, McLaughlin asked him how…
Dr Felix Ruh, a Jewish doctor, working in Paris was a co-worker of Louis Pasteur. His granddaughter had died of black diphtheria, so he vowed he would find out more about what had killed her. He locked himself in his laboratory for days and emerged with a fierce determination to prove, with his colleague Louis…
Just before the beginning of COVID lock-down, the New Zealand hymnwriter, Shirley Erena Murray died. Had it not been for COVID, her hymns would have featured in various UK events in that year; one such had been planned for East Suffolk. Shirley Murray was born into a Methodist family and married a Presbyterian minister. Her…