WEEK 5 This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent discuss 9 different characters from the Bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. MICHAL (daughter of King Saul)…
The Book of Daniel dvd, Pure Flix Entertainment, 2013 83 minutes £16 Jeremiah proved to be a reliable, albeit reluctant, prophet and servant of God when he declared that Jerusalem and its people were to be besieged by King Nebuchadnezzar and taken into captivity to Babylon. Daniel, of noble or royal birth, and his compatriots…
I first attended the Methodist Assiation of Youth Clubs annual MAYC London Weekend in May 1979 and it was an experience that changed my life forever. Even forty years on the memory is still very real to me and I find myself remembering detailed moments of that event, when I find, that I sometimes struggle…
An entry from John Wesley’s journal 20 October 1743 Wesley was in Leeds and wrote ‘To attempt to speak was vain; for the noise on every side was like the roaring of the sea. So they dragged me along till we came to the town, where, seeing the door of a large house open, I…
“When a team of Christians visited Stavropol, Russia, in 1994 to hand out Bibles, a local citizen said he recalled seeing Bibles in an old warehouse. They had been confiscated in the 1930s when Stalin was sending believers to the gulags. Amazingly, the Bibles were still there. Among those who had showed up to load…
I am writing this in Cornwall just after storm Eunice has passed by on her relentless journey up country. We drove down to Porthcurno beach where we watched huge waves rolling in and producing a mat of surf in the afternoon sunshine. A couple of seals were fishing in the shallow water and seemed unperturbed…
Dear Friends, As March gets underway, so does Lent, a time of great significance in the Christian calendar as we prepare for Easter. I always see Shrove Tuesday as a sign of hope that the dark days of winter are now giving way to the (hopefully) much brighter days of spring and even as I…
Last year this proved very popular so we are posting it again. We bring you a sheet of activities to help you to focus on self-care through this Lent season. There are 40 activities in total so why not pick one each day and give yourself a boost of positivity. There are 2 versions that…
Traditionally people talk about what they ‘give up for Lent’; at work I hear it said by colleagues who may know little more than that about Lent, or what the season is about. If Lent induces a sense of self-discipline, then who are we to criticise. Committed Christians may not find it adequate to ‘go…
This week on Bite Sized Church, Rev David Keeble reflects on Luke 7:37-38 – The Alabaster Jar.