One of Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime songs was ‘when the lights go on again all over the world’. The lyrics go on to talk about the permanence of love and marriage and ships sailing again after the dark years of the semi-stultified existence of war, or so I read it. Sunset can be a very…

Inevitably, I am writing this thought for 2022 before Christmas when it is difficult to second guess what the next fortnight will hold. When I was a child, I remember being warned not to wish for the end of things I did not like for that was to wish away life. I take the point.…

1 Timothy 1 v 5.The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith When you set sail on the high seas you need to know three important facts: your location, your destination and your course. By referring to a map and using a compass…

I found this when I was goin back through some old files on my computer. This one probably goes back 20 years. You can tell that by the amount footballers are worth today. How much do you think you’re worth?  Yesterday was the start of the new football season.  The fans turned out in their…

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Last week I was writing about kindness. Today we are thinking about goodness. What is the difference? Surely kindness is goodness? Is all goodness kindness? The image I’ve attached…

For about thirty years of my career, my Christmas was dominated by the Boxing Day Sales, not that I can ever remember going shopping on Boxing Day. For the first ten years of my working life, I worked in the wholesale trade, selling children’s clothing to retailers, ranging from small shops to department stores and…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Alan Taylor It was a still, silent night. The shepherd gazed into the embers of the fire, thinking how insignificant he felt in the whole scheme of things. He looked down from the hill to the little town below, only a few oil lamps…