If you are fortunate to have a garden, however large or small, during these times of pandemic, you have probably spent more time in it than usual. You may have noticed the creatures that share your garden with you, who either have made it their home, or are passing visitors. Observing these creatures, their habits…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 8th August 2021 Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19 v4-8; Psalm 34 v1-8; Ephesians 4 v25-5v2; John 6 v35, 41-51. Living with fear, despair and doubt. In order to understand the depth of Elijah’s despair recorded in today’s Old Testament reading, we need to recap on the story so…
Psalm 1 v 3.That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not wither, whatever they do prospers People who don’t want to wait 4 decades for a globe Norway maple to grow in their front garden can buy a 30 foot specimen from a New York nursery…
Surveillance capitalism : the hidden costs of the digital revolution by Jonathan Ebsworth, Samuel Johns, and Michael Dodson Jubilee Centre, 2021 (Cambridge Papers vol 30 no 2 June 2021) Available to download for free at www.jubilee-centre.org/category/cambridge-papers New terminology arises today at breathtaking speed and the Jubilee Centre provides a valuable service in not only drawing…
I heard somebody talking in an interview on television recently about the Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, arguably one of the best racing drivers of all time. He had a formula one career spanning ten years and until 2006 he held the record for the most pole position starts, he raced in 162 world class…
Farewell to Rev. Diane Smith
I’ve made a bag! But it’s not just any old bag. It’s a bag full of memories. Memories of the time spent with our Minister over 7 years.Rev Diane Smith retires today after 7 years of ministry in the Ipswich Circuit, working with 4 churches & the Dock Chaplaincy (which have been embroidered on the…
How forgiveness works by Jonathan Baker Grove Books, 1995 (Grove Spirituality series, 53) 24 pages £3.95 ISBN 978 1 851 742 913 The beauty and attractiveness of Grove Books is that they cover big subjects in a short span. This one, dealing with forgiveness, is no exception. In just 24 pages, Jonathan Baker…
Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are in full swing as I write this. They…
How many people have heard of Jabez? It’s not a name that immediately springs to mind, but he has a very simple prayer that can be found in the book of Chronicles. The early chapters of Chronicles appears to be a list of the various clans from Adam to Abraham, and then suddenly this short…