I started this series on public transport by talking about my experiences of my local bus service and moved on to various types of trains. It’s now time to write about plane travel, which is the most difficult for a variety of reasons. In recent years many Christians have become very concerned about the way…
This week, we reflect on John 8:31-32.
This phrase is taken from Isaiah 6 verse 8, and each time I hear it read, I am reminded of an occasion when I attended a missionary conference at the Methodist Central Hall in London. The large room was filled to capacity, and for me, one of the highlights was to watch and hear the…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Vivienne Hill www.ellel.uk You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in…
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 18th January 2026 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 49 v1-7; Psalm 40 v1-11; 1 Corinthians 1 v1-9; John 1 v29-42. Partners with Jesus. God spoke to the people of Israel during their time in exile, through his prophet Isaiah. The Lord said to me; “Israel, you are my servant…
I went to the cinema recently and had a wonderful surprise. I saw a poster advertising a film due out at the end of March. The film is called ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ and it’s based upon a series of children’s books by Enid Blyton. The reason I looked at the poster with delight is…
If you have ever considered the idea of taking up either surfing, or windsurfing, I thought that you might appreciate a bit of advice before investing in a board, wet suit and all the gear you will need. Not that I have even touched a surfboard in my entire life, nor am ever likely to.…
Where we live at midnight we watch the fireworks from our bedroom window. We have a view up the river and, on a clear night, can experience displays on the waterfront and beyond in one direction and possibly through Sproughton and along the estuary in the other. The family from next door who moved in…
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the…
One of the last public duties the late Queen Elizabeth undertook was to open the new Elizabeth Line in May 2022. A new route spanning 73 miles from Shenfield in Essex to Reading in Berkshire, this huge engineering project had cost 18.8 billion pounds. Huge boring machines had moved 7 million tonnes of earth from…