A farmer placed a weather vane inscribed with the words “God is love” on top of his barn. One day a traveller stopped by the barn and watched the weather vane moving with the breeze. Then, with a smirk on his face, he asked, “Do you mean to say that your God is as changeable as…
I am not usually forthcoming in conversations with taxi drivers. When at work I am inclined to be preoccupied with thoughts of the day ahead. Often, in foreign countries, the language barrier precludes discussion. My driver in Helsinki recently was different. It turned out that this man had given up his business because cancer forced…
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With a discerning eye it is easy to see the abundant generosity of God in all areas of life in creation and the material necessities of life – the beauty of creation itself – the air we breathe – the water we drink – the food we eat in…
This week, in our 10 minute service, we reflect on 1 John 4:10 and sing Here is love.
This passage from The Friendship Book made me think about how blessed I am to have good friends. “The stones in the dry-stone dyke seemed to have been fitted together any old way until it got to the top-most row. The capping stones were all thin, upright and jammed together. At some point, something had…
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 26th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19 v15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5 v1, 13-25; Luke 9 v51-62 Guidelines for followers of Jesus. Luke relates how Jesus reacted when he and his followers encountered rejection by the inhabitants of a village in Samaria. They simply move…
I’m sure any of you who are reading this might be surprised at the words I have used in this phrase from the Lord’s Prayer. I had to listen several times to the video put out by the Church of England of the Lord’s Prayer to this phrase. The producers have made a deliberate attempt…
How should we then live ? By Dr Francis A Schaeffer dvd (2 discs) 1977 with Study Guide£31 from Amazon Can be seen on You Tube In 10 programmes Dr Schaeffer covers the rise and decline of western thought and culture, the movement and development of thought and ideas from Roman times to the present,…
Devastating news for some, the final episode of the Australian Soap Opera Neighbours was completed on Friday 10th June 2022 and will be aired in the UK on channel 5 on Monday 1st August 2022, not that I will be watching, but like it or loathe it, the programme has enjoyed a tea time slot…