You may remember a few weeks ago I explained how Granddaughter senior would be attending a gymnastics trial. She loved it. The coaches were all very young (a sign of my age!) and very patient. She moved from activity to activity under their watch and gentle guidance. When we collected her for her second session,…
Many years ago, one night I found myself staying in a remote hotel in Lincolnshire, surrounded by reed beds. It was wintertime and the place was quite eerie; the only sound outside was the music of wind in the reeds and lapping water. Reading through today’s gospel reading (Luke 7:24:30) I was reminded of that…
www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading-31-january Today’s thought was written by Rev Claire Jones Something to read Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday. – Psalm 37:5-6. Something to think about The need to be proved…
This week our 10 minute service reflects on John 4:23-24
Bramford Road Methodist Church – Saturday 17th February – More Information here.
The book of Nehemiah is just one of many fascinating Bible accounts and I am grateful that my daily reading app frequently takes me to passages I have not read for some time. Chapter 2 has two interesting statements separated by a few verses. Verse 2 “I was very much afraid” and then verse 4,…
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 4th February 2024. Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 40 v21-31 God rules the whole earth. Psalm 147 v1-11, 20c. Sing and Praise the Lord. 1 Corinthians 9 v16-23. The rights of an apostle. Mark 1 v29-39. Jesus heals many people. Healing and Healing. The passage of scripture from Mark’s…
My eldest son is about to return to Australia having spent a few weeks back in the UK during January. His birthday falls about 3 weeks after he has left, so I thought I would take the opportunity of getting him a birthday card before he flew back. (Past experience has taught me that it…
I thank God that every so often I come across a person that most would condemn as being eccentric, a bit of a weirdo, somebody to be laughed at. I first came across John Burkhill when we were on holiday in Yorkshire last summer, he featured on the Yorkshire Television magazine show Calendar and at…
Today is National Holocaust Memorial Day and this brought to mind my late Parents-in Law’s neighbour. Her name was Helen Lewis. She was born to a German-speaking Jewish family in Trutnov in Bohemia (Czech). She married Paul Hermann in 1938. During the second World War they were deported to Terezin in 1942 and to Auschwitz…