Have you heard the story of the cracked water pot? A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on opposite ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full pot of water…
The Thought for the Day is from Psalm 66 v 10. “For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.” A talented violinist was scheduled to play before a very critical audience. Although she had a fine instrument, she was not satisfied with the quality of its sound. So, she said to her father,…
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 20th February 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 43 v3-11,15; Psalm 37 v1-11, 39-40; 1 Corinthians 15 v35-38, 42-50; Luke 6 v27-38 Heavenly bodies. In this week’s passage from his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul is doing his best to answer the questions put to him about life…
WEEK 2 This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent discuss 9 different characters from the Bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. THE ELDER BROTHER – Do…
The Bible in translation : Ancient and English versions by Bruce M MetzgerBaker Academic, 2001 200 pages £12.99 ISBN 978 0 801 022 827 Bruce Metzger (1914-2007) was Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary for 46 years.. In the wide-ranging survey of many translations (and some paraphrases) of the Bible…
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we go out for early morning walks, at the time of writing, we were setting off in darkness and arriving home in daylight. It is a reminder that the days are getting longer now, that this week is the first time that we have set off from…
We love a quiz. Monday is Quiz Night on the BBC, and we watch but are useless, yet keep on trying. We were recently introduced to the online daily word quiz, WORDLE. It’s a free game devoid of advertising and really demanding. It starts with nothing and you have to guess a five-letter word in…
Our circuit’s new Lent Study “Rising to the Call: 7 Big Questions.” is now available to download.
Our house has lots of clocks, I love the way that they tick and chime, each having their own unique sound. however often the time is different depending on the room, or the day of the week, and it adds a lack of certainty around the time. However, not everyone appreciates the clocks chiming, especially…
I was only about thirteen when I first came across a bigoted, racist attitude. No doubt I had met such a person before but in my youthful shyness I had not noticed but then this lad at school came over my horizon. Looking back I realise that he was being fed lines by his father…