Let them both grow together

Thought for the day – Saturday 28th July 2020 Fear seems to be one of the emotions that is driving behaviours and moods as we are still in the throes of Covid-19.  From the beginning of lockdown, we have been taught to be wary, even anxious as political leaders have exhorted us all to exercise…

Thought for the day – Friday 17th July 2020 Bible reading : Psalm 119 verses 14 – 1“I will call with all my heart, answer me, O Lord, and I will obey your decrees. I call out to you: save me and I will keep your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help;…

Thought for the day – Thursday 16th July 2020 A couple of times recently people have told me how they have found the way they communicate with God has changed during lock-down. One person said that they were finding that they can now talk to Jesus ‘directly’ rather than feeling they had to go through…

Thought for the day – Wednesday 15th July 2020 Krish Kandiah is President of The London School of Theology and Chair of the Theological Advisory Panel for Tearfund. Back in 2014 he wrote a very timely book on the Paradox of Christian Faith. The book was called Paradoxology and honestly acknowledged that Christians will not…

Thought for the Day – Tuesday 14th July 2020 Toward the close of World War II one Allied unit was assigned a crucial mission in Berlin. Each soldier had to memorise a map detailing all of Berlin’s important military sites—in a single night! In just a few hours, each soldier had committed the map to…

Thought for the day – Monday 13th July 2020 My friend Rev Rach Ward sent me this humorous cartoon depicting the aftermath of The Flood in the context of the present time. It reminded me of an interview I heard recently with Rev Stuart Bell, Senior Pastor for Alive Church in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, in…