A few days ago when I was visiting a close friend who is quite ill, I met her daughter’s dog for the first time. She is quite a character and certainly makes her presence felt. When she was a pup she broke one of her front legs and it didn’t heal properly so after a while…
Today we remember the Battle of Britain. It was a turning point in WW2. If the RAF hadn’t held off the Luftwaffe, Hitler would likely have moved on with Operation Sea lion land invasion of the British Isles. Who’s to say what would have happened then? Britons would have been devastated and the move to…
Image Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Samuel H. Kress Collection;191.9.12) Reading : Philippians 2:5-11 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the…
This thought is brought to us by Julie P The Lord is my Dive Master, I shall not drown He makes me remember my safety routines He leads me though turbulent water, He plans a safe route for me Even though I lack skills and knowledge, I will fear no sharks, for you are with…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Philippians 3:7-11
Suffolk Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride: A Ferry Hot Day
And God said, “Let us make man in our image after our likeness.” Genesis 1 v 26 (KJV) When you go to the supermarket, the person who gives you the receipt is, according to God’s word, made in the image and likeness of God. When you are in the bank or Post Office or paying…
Anna Porter brought us a TFTD a couple of weeks ago about sunflowers and how they bring sunshine into dark places, and reflected on the image from Ukraine, where fields of sunflowers have has to give way to graves for those who have died in the conflict. It got me to thinking about the sunflowers…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 17th September 2023. Lectionary Readings: Genesis 50 v 15-21; Psalm 103 v8-13; Romans 14 v 1-12; Matthew 18 v 21-35. Reluctance In the Old Testament reading, the brothers of Joseph seem reluctant to ask his forgiveness for selling him off as a slave many years before. It…
While on holiday, we drove through the Dales town of Hawes, the home of the Wensleydale cheese factory, a favourite of the Aardman animation characters Wallace and Gromit. Hawes was packed with people as we drove through the marketplace and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted these life-sized knitted characters, I had to…