The last twelve months has brought into focus the different ways we access news and the reliability of it. Years ago news spread by word of mouth with reliable and unreliable sources muddled up together, with the local gossips adding the necessary spin to sensationalise the otherwise dull. The previous President of the United States…
Those who follow Rev Joan’s Facebook page will have seen her lovely collection of photographs. One which caught my eye recently was the photograph of the Way of Life sculpture in Ely Cathedral. It brought back memories as Ray and I went there not long after it had been erected and it is really magnificent. …
Over Easter I have been re-watching the TV series “BROKEN” written by Jimmy McGovern, now available on DVD. Accompanying this I have been studying a Lent Course produced by Church of England, Birmingham. The course & viewing are so powerful & challenging that I have resolved to revisit every Easter. It’s important to hear the…
This year the Ipswich Circuit have chosen Talitha Koum as their chosen charity.
Psalm 24: 1-2 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters In November this year the city of Glasgow is hosting the COP26. This is the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It will be the…
Third Sunday of Easter Year B 18th April 2021 Lectionary readings: Acts 3 v12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3 v1-9, Luke 24 v36b-48. Letting go and letting God. The psalmist says “I can lie down and sleep soundly because you, Lord, will keep me safe”. (Ps4 v8). The writer is confident that…
God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse : what Hawking said and why it matters by David Hutchings and David Wilkinson SPCK, 2020 210 pages £9.99 ISBN 978 0 281 081 912also available as an ebook There are so many plaudits from scientists that there must be something very special about this book. Indeed there is, for…
While on furlough from missionary service in Africa, Robert Moffatt (1795-1883) spoke in England about his work. A young medical student in the audience had hoped to serve on the mission field in China, but that land was closed. He listened as Moffatt described a frequent sight in Africa. “There is a vast plain to…
Before moving away from Yorkshire we used to visit the York Maize Maze which attracted crowds of visitors for a few weeks during the summer. I was always grateful to the organisers of this event who would furnish visitors with a map to help you navigate your way through. With the plants standing way above…
I don’t know what I would have done in the past year without our garden, technology to keep in touch with family and friends and books. The Library in Kesgrave is wonderful, they are so friendly and nothing is too much trouble. We can order books online, they email when they are available, we make…