I have reflected before on our strange attitude to taxation. For what seems like an age, politics appears to have been obsessed by tax rates. The potential for tax cuts offset by the need to increase taxation is the balance. Why are we surprised and indignant, if we are surprised and indignant, that after the…
Capel Methodist Church 7pm Monday 19th December.
This weeks 10 minute service reflects on Philippians 2:10-11.
I have been going through some old Methodist Recorders to refresh in my mind some of the things I had read and then to throw them out. I came across an article written by our President (and ex-Chair of our District), Rev Graham Thompson headed “Expect to be Surprised”. He says “as we stand on…
Fourth Sunday of Advent Year A 18th December 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 7 v10-16; Psalm 80 v1-7, 17-19; Romans 1 v1-7; Matthew 1 v18-25. Poor Mary! By tradition, Mary is the focus of the fourth Sunday in Advent, though you would be hard put to evidence that from today’s readings! This is how Jesus…
One of the things I enjoy doing each week is attending my local Leisure Centre “Body Balance” fitness class. I go with a friend, and we call it “Body Wobble” class, as there is often more wobbling than balancing! In our faith, do we wobble or are we evenly balanced? Throughout the Bible, there are…