The Sunday before last I was due to lead worship at Framlingham, some 27 miles from where I live. It was forecast to be a pleasant sunny day, so I decided the night before to cycle. I calculated that I needed to leave a couple of hours, so set off at 8.30am, leaving plenty of…
Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C 22nd May 2022 Lectionary Readings: Acts 16 v9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21 v10, 22-22v5; John 14 v23-29. A place for prayer. In today’s passage from Acts we read of Luke joining Paul and his friends in Troas and journeying to Philippi as a result of a vision given…
Gods and Kings : a novel by Lynn Austin (Chronicles of the Kings vol. 1)Bethany House Publishers, 2005 316 pages £9 ISBN 078 0 764 229 893 This is a novel about Hezekiah, 14th King of Judah (one of the ‘good’ kings) who reigned from 716BC to 687BC. His father was Ahaz, a ‘bad’ king…
We were woken abruptly last Sunday morning (8th May) just before 5am by a horrendous sound outside. We currently live opposite a building site and the main road has been closed to through traffic for the last five days, so the loud crash and grating noise outside caused us to wake immediately and look out…
I love singing hymns and if you asked me what my favourite is, I wouldn’t know. There are so many to choose from. However, one is number 67 in Singing the Faith: “This, this is the God we adore”, written by Joseph Hart. This hymn goes back to the 1700s and has really stood the…
With the sky clouded over and the evidence of heavy rainfall to be seen everywhere in the sky and on the roads, pavements and gutters, one hesitates to speak of ‘glory’. Glory bespeaks light, radiance, illumination, brightness and effulgence. It is the very antithesis of clouds and darkness, rain and puddles.The RSV Handy concordance begins…
When I was about 19 one of our farm hedgerows was cut down because it need to be rejuvenated. I walked past is recently and 40+ years later it is healthy and strong. All those years ago, a kindly man cut me a thumb stick from a fine piece of hawthorn as reminder of the…
Have you ever said to someone ‘I’m a Christian’ Sometimes when we are talking to people who are not church-goers and especially if they are going through a tough time we might say ‘I will add you to my prayer list’ or ‘I’m a Christian and I will pray for you’. What might those words…
This week our bite sized service reflects on Philippians 2:7-10 and we sing Jesus Christ, I think upon your sacrifice (Once again) .
The Thought for the day is from 2 Timothy 2 v 19. Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” The guillemot is a small Arctic seabird that lives on the rocky cliffs of northern coastal…