From the outset, I will apologise for starting what I hope is a bright and sunny Sunday morning with morbid thoughts, but just recently I have seen a string of adverts on the television for simple cremations and if I’m being honest they irritate me. When I first started working in the full time ministry,…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by David Cross www.ellel.uk But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that (word) to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me (Caleb) alive ever since. Look at me! I…

On Monday afternoon some of us from the circuit had a trip to the cinema to watch Ryan Gosling’s latest film ‘Project Hail Mary’. I’m not a great sci fi fan, but this is more of a film about camaraderie lightly hidden in a plot of pending inter galactic disaster. One isolated human having to…

While the authenticity of large-scale performances is known to be doubtful, I believe that genuine spiritual connection can be found in any setting that moves us. This conviction guided my experience at the Good Friday performance of Messiah in The Royal Albert Hall—first when I was 19, and again this year as I witnessed the…

In a previous “thought” I shared with you two of the stories Nigerian Christian women wrote down for us in the World Day of Prayer service.  They shared information about their lives, and how their faith has helped them to overcome challenges. Today I am covering another story from a woman who lives in the…

Mark chapter 4 verses 35 to 41 shares a lovely story that was recently the basis for my morning Bible reading, but concentrating on the storm and how Jesus is as much with us in our storms as He was with his disciples. Whenever I am reminded of this account, the phrase that attracts me…