My Mum chooses a Psalm every year. When I asked her which she had chosen for 2025, she told me it is Psalm 99. She’s hand written it into the front of her diary and will refer to it regularly as the year rolls on. I read it through and to me it divides into…

One evening recently I was sent a photograph of Venus beaming brightly in the night sky. On a recent cold and frosty morning, I was out as the sun rose (which is not difficult to achieve in the dark mornings of early January). There is a world of difference between the clear night sky and…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Dr Frances Clemson, Faith Communications and Just Scripture Specialist at Christian Aid. www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. – Matthew 10.16. Something to think about We don’t…

Some years ago, I transported an elderly, blind lady to her dentist. Helping her out of the car, we approached the entrance and I said, “There are three steps ahead”. Her response was, “It would be more helpful if you told me if they were up or down!”  We both laughed but it made an…

The regional water authorities have been in the news many times over recent months, leaks, sewage spills, no water, too much water, and most recently the Offwat decision to increase average annual water bills by £86. Depending on which part of Suffolk you live in, you will have seen fields being ploughed up by bulldozers…