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Our Kairos Moment

In the latest Spring 2021 Connexion magazine Revd. David Perry talks about our “Kairos Moment” i.e.” a Godly time of maximum opportunity for change to occur”. Post-pandemic is a “Kairos Moment”. David Perry challenges Methodists to establish “new places for new people” as we decide which path to take when churches re-open. Communities are “fatigued,…

Last Supper

Jesus was there, at the tableEating and drinking the same as theyThe man that was born in a stableDestined to be our saviour today The last meal eaten togetherBefore he was lifted upTo sit with his heavenly father forever So we should never have an empty cup His disciples in awe all watched himAs he raised…

Psalm 145 “Greatness and goodness”

Although there are many psalms of praise, Psalm 145 is the only psalm specifically identified as a Psalm of praise. The entire psalm speaks of praise, of why we are to praise God and then words in praise of God. One question Antony Billington explores in his bible study on this psalm is how God…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd May 2021

Fifth Sunday of Easter                                 Year B                                                 2nd May 2021 Lectionary readings: Acts 8 v26-40; Psalm 22 v25-31; 1 John 4 v7-21; John 15 v1-8.               Joining up the dots on the way to honouring God. Philip helped the Ethiopian official with his thinking about God. Philip linked the passage from the book of Isaiah…

Beyond coincidence – DVD

Beyond coincidence   dvd, Koinonia House, 2010  120 minutes  US$19.99 Video and audio downloads available Dr Chuck Missler introduces an in-depth study of what has become known as ‘the Anthropic Principle’. This principle was so named by Paul Dirac in 1937 and by Robert Dicke in 1961. Ir describes the appearance of the universe as having…

Meditation

Meditation on God’s Word doesn’t have to end when your devotional time is over. You can continue the blessing by taking scripture with you throughout the day. Some people memorize a passage or write it down so that they can read it again when they have a few moments.  Leslie B. Flynn tells of a…

New beginnings

Monday 12th April 2021 saw the lifting of further government restrictions as a part of the so called “roadmap to recovery” and along with half the population of Ipswich we visited the wonderful “Jimmy’s Farm” at our first opportunity. We have spent many happy hours visiting the farm in the past and it is better…

Pandemic Words – ‘Data’

Words, like clothes, go in and out of fashion. The meaning of words change over time. Often, we can recognise a person’s age by the words they use. National and global events create new words and new usage of old words, and none more so than the global event of the Covid 19 pandemic. Since…

Body, Mind, Spirit

When you hear the words ‘investing’ or ‘capital’ your mind almost inevitably turns to thoughts of money and savings.  Finance, whether personal, community or national, features constantly in the news. We are accustomed to associating ‘investing’ and ‘capital’ with money. It’s quite normal. In financial terms, you can invest more money thus increasing the capital…