I’ve just returned from N. Ireland having spent a week visiting family and friends. On one of the days we enjoyed a lovely afternoon with my sister and brother-in-law. When I opened the door as we were leaving there were some visitors standing on the welcome mat waiting to get into the house. Her seven very…
Water, wind and fire – all symbols of the Holy Spirit. All can be small and gentle – dew drops, baby’s breath, candle flames or enormous and devastating – tsunamis, hurricanes, forest fires. Powerful, out of control, scary. Sometimes, I’m guilty of taking God for granted. Of wanting Him on my terms – a nice…
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The recent Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla provoked debate over the use of a form of oath of allegiance to the King. People were divided about what they thought; some opinions were strong. In his digital sermon for the Ipswich Methodist Circuit the following day, the Reverend Ian Gardner asked the pertinent…
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The discipline of spiritual discernment by Tim Challies Crossway Books, 2007 206 pages £13ISBN 978 1 581 349 092 In 1 Corinthians 12 verses 1-11, Paul talks of ‘spiritual gifts’. He lists them as ‘wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, distinguishing between spirits and tongues or languages and their interpretations’ – eight gifts in all.…
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This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Matthew 21:9.
This thought was first published in November 2020 Today I nearly cried. A television programme took my breath away. It is rare for any programme to make be even consider becoming tearful; even ‘War Horse’ did not make me cry, (well not much). Probably if I had not walked past the DIY shop, I would…
I have been reading my Eddie Askew Book again and the thoughts there seem to always make me smile, but also seem to hit home! Today it was about Eddie’s dog Millie. By all accounts it is a small dog and they always seem to make the most noise. Millie seems to be protective of…