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The Suitcase

Recently at our Thursday evening Fellowship Meeting our topic for discussion was “The Suitcase.” Prior to this I, along with a huge number of people had watched on television the terrible events in Afghanistan where thousands of people had tried to get out of the country to escape the Taliban. Most of the people in…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 12th December 2021

Third Sunday of Advent                     Year C                                              12th December 2021 Lectionary Readings:   Zephaniah 3 v14-20;   Philippians 4 v4-7;   Luke 3 v7-18. Jumping on the bandwagon. ‘Crowds of people came out to be baptized, but John said to them, “You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgement? Do something to show that you…

Fruits of the spirit – Peace

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. What is your idea of peace? When I was looking for images to accompany this “thought for the day”, the majority of images were either water or mountainsides. The…

What has Christianity ever done for us ?

What has Christianity ever done for us ? How it shaped the modern world. by Jonathan HillLion Books, 2005  192 pages  £14  ISBN 978 0 745 951 683 This is history with a light touch. Christianity is the largest religious faith in the world, followed by about one third of the globe’s population.. It spread…

Deck the halls!

Looking back to my early childhood, I can remember going to bed on Christmas Eve and when we woke on Christmas morning, the front room of our house was decorated with a small Christmas Tree, a few baubles, some fairy lights and a couple of lengths of tinsel.  We also had a paper streamer that…