Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Joan Rono (www.ellel.uk) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23, NKJV In my Maasai culture it’s the responsibility of the young boys in the family to take care of their father’s cattle. Being a culture where one’s…
The other morning the kettle would not work. Our water is very hard, so we are used to kettles having a limited life. The immediate assumption was that this was the day for buying a new kettle. Then it transpired that several other things in the kitchen were not working either because the trip had…
Are you a lark or an owl when it comes to times of rising and going to bed – or somewhere in between the two? I’ve never been a lover of early mornings. I was fortunate that, when I was working, my job did not require early mornings, just a 9am office start. I was…
This week, Our 10 minute service reflects on John 14:6.
We had been attending a church for about 18 months when we were blessed with our first daughter. We travelled about five miles from our village and determined that this new arrival would not stop our regular attendance. However, our newborn was not aware of how she should be quiet for an hour during the…
Paul writes in Romans 12 of how we are all part of one body, no one part more important than the other, and in 1 Corinthians 12 of how we are one body made up of different parts all reliant on each other. Eyes and ears, arms and legs. I was challenged recently to write…
The Third Sunday of Easter Year A 19th April 2026 Lectionary readings: Acts 2 v14a, 36-41; Psalm 116 v1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1 v17-23; Luke 24 v13-35. Strangers no more. In Luke’s account, two disciples on the way to the village of Emmaus, are joined by a ‘stranger’ who they later discover…
(Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash) Back in the 1980s I was fascinated to read a book called ‘The Lost Villages of Britain’ by Richard Muir and the greatest honour I can pay it is to say that it remains on my shelves to this day when many other books have gone. It whetted my…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Peter Horrobin www.ellel.uk “We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty”. 2 Peter 1:8, NIV False religions depend on people being deceived into thinking that…
Easter Sunday was a very yellow day for me. As we travelled to church, we saw beautiful daffodils on the verges and also some delicate lemony primroses. Inside the church, the different yellow and golden shades seemed to stand out in Easter banners and decorations. Fuzzy chicks and eggs again glowed yellow. I must just…