Way back in the early 1980’s we organised a trip from our Church to Blackpool for the young people and we learned in the process of preparation that when you take young people to Blackpool an important feature of the day had to include a visit to the pleasure beach. All these years on, I…
I was walking back from shopping the other day. As I’ve said before, I don’t drive and one advantage is the people I make contact with as I’m walking. On this particular occasion, I had three encounters. The first was a young beautiful Asian lady who asked for directions. The second was a middle aged…
Matthew 4:11b: ‘…and suddenly angels came and waited on him.’ Last week we reflected on the lull after the storm; the peace that descends when the raging is over. For Jesus, the temptations were over, the devil had gone and he was left but then, we read, ‘suddenly angels came and waited on him’. Jesus…
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This week, our Bite Sized service reflects on 1 Timothy 4:9-10.
I am writing this thought knowing that it will come out as we prepare to go into Holy Week. Some of you will already have planned to attend reflective services, where we aim to travel in remembrance with Jesus through this difficult and hugely testing period in his earthly life and others will be doing…
Listening to a Christian radio station, the hymn Great is Thy faithfulness was followed by Lord, I come before Your throne of grace, which includes the phrase, What a faithful God have I. It was an apt reminder that this week, my wife and I celebrate our 61st wedding anniversary. As we look back to that…
Palm Sunday Year A 29th March 2026 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 50 v4-9a; Psalm 31 v9-16; Philippians 2 v5-11; Matthew 27 v11-54. Majestic humility. The (second) prophet Isaiah was preaching during the time of exile in Babylonia. The OT reading, appears to be related to an individual, possibly the prophet himself. It could also relate…
The second tree in this series is the Giant Redwood or Sequioa – the largest tree in the world! (Not this one!) Apparently, they are an endangered species according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of nature) with fewer 80000 remaining in its native California. So with 2 in our back garden, perhaps we…
John couldn’t help himself! He just couldn’t resist! It caught his eye immediately. It was the colours that drew him. Every colour of the rainbow, glistening beautifully in the light. They were radiant. The problem was the old window was in his neighbour’s skip. James, John’s neighbour, had just bought the old house and was…