After we have changed the clocks at the end of March, I start looking forward to the light summer evenings and always hope to make the most of them while they last. Sometimes I do nothing more than water the garden and dead head a few plants, but it is so lovely to be outside…
PSALM 119 verse 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light on my path. I was reminded of this verse after I had read a daily Prayer Guide from Open Doors. A man in Yemen is preparing for capture by the authorities by memorising scripture. He said, “I want to be…
5th Sunday of Easter Year A 3rd May 2026 Lectionary Readings; Acts 7 v55-60; Psalm 31 v1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2 v2-10; John 14 v1-14. Do we need a visual aid to explain a mystery? In the hymn, popular with children of all ages, ‘Our God is a great big God’, (Singing the Faith…
Frederick Banting and Charles Best are credited with discovering insulin following experiments of removing the pancreas from dogs and then reinjecting the extracts. Leonard Thompson was 14 in 1922 when he was given the first ever injection of insulin. He had type 1 diabetes, weighed only 65lbs, slipping in and out of a diabetic coma…
May 2026 Preaching Plan
From the outset, I will apologise for starting what I hope is a bright and sunny Sunday morning with morbid thoughts, but just recently I have seen a string of adverts on the television for simple cremations and if I’m being honest they irritate me. When I first started working in the full time ministry,…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by David Cross www.ellel.uk But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that (word) to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me (Caleb) alive ever since. Look at me! I…
On Monday afternoon some of us from the circuit had a trip to the cinema to watch Ryan Gosling’s latest film ‘Project Hail Mary’. I’m not a great sci fi fan, but this is more of a film about camaraderie lightly hidden in a plot of pending inter galactic disaster. One isolated human having to…
While the authenticity of large-scale performances is known to be doubtful, I believe that genuine spiritual connection can be found in any setting that moves us. This conviction guided my experience at the Good Friday performance of Messiah in The Royal Albert Hall—first when I was 19, and again this year as I witnessed the…
In a previous “thought” I shared with you two of the stories Nigerian Christian women wrote down for us in the World Day of Prayer service. They shared information about their lives, and how their faith has helped them to overcome challenges. Today I am covering another story from a woman who lives in the…