My sister recently underwent a knee replacement, and being the “loving/devoted” older sibling, I went to stay with her for a few days. She was just one week post surgery and had been given a programme of exercises by the physiotherapist whom we visited on my first day there. Anyone who has had a knee…
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B 29th September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Numbers 11 v4-29; Psalm 19 v7-14; James 5 v13-20; Mark 9 v38-50. For and Against. John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he was not one of us, and we told…
Pure Joy : rediscover your conscience by Christopher Ash IVP, 2012 £10.99 205 pages ISBN 978 1 844 745 852 “We all need to engage with this timely book,” so says Jonathan Lamb, chairman of Keswick Ministries. It is indeed a first class book dealing with conscience in all its complexity. In just 200 pages and…
We live in an age of uncertainties, where people have ceased to be sure about anything. Life seems so full, yet deep down right where our lives really matter it is empty, and having no signpost to lead the way, people turn to wealth and possessions. There is, of course, no problem in wealth and…
At the Harvest Service in Felixstowe Methodist Church at Trinity last Sunday the items donated have been given to the Little Pantries Project. The Rev Jo Jacobs remarked about how different our services are now in that we are very much including helping to feed the hungry. It made me think about Harvest Services when…
My son and his partner have split up. He hasn’t seen his children for four months. During the last week of the school holidays, it was arranged that he and I meet them in a park. The two older children were there with their friends and they acknowledged him as they played on the climbing…
It is quite likely that a church near you will be celebrating Harvest Thanksgiving sometime in late September or early October. Despite the all-year-round nature of harvest the traditional celebration is fixed following the end of the cereal harvest. Raspberries, potatoes, fish and fuel are all very well but the place of bread in the…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Adapted from a contribution by Rev Phyllis Thompson, the Education Director for the New Testament Church of God-Leadership Training Centre at the time of writing. www.christianaidorg.uk Something to read You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me…
This week, our 10 minute Bite Sized service, reflects on Philippians 3:7-11.
Some months ago, I bought a new pair of slippers because of the condition of those I have worn for a long time. As I prefer wearing socks in the slippers, and the new pair were tight on my feet and needed a shoehorn to assist, I found it much easier to continue with the…