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“Speak to God”

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…

“Living with Paradox”

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…

“Roadmap”

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…

“Noah – Post Lock-Down”

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…

“Keep sowing the seed”

Thought of the day – Sunday 12th July 2020 A Sower went out to sow (Matthew 13) I am totally confused at just where we are in the year, I am used to the familiar milestones along my annual journey and this year, the majority of those milestones haven’t happened and I feel disorientated most…

“Ritual of Sakura”

Thought for the day – Saturday 11th July 2020 At Christmas and Birthdays I very often receive hand cream, shower gel, etc.  The hand cream I am using now is called The Ritual of Sakura, strange name, I thought.  On looking more closely it tells me: “In Japan the annual flowering of Sakura (cherry blossom)…

“ReBuilding”

Thought for the day – Friday 10th July 2020 Recently some Bible reading notes I use, focused on the account in Nehemiah of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.  When the damage to the city was reported he said ” You see the trouble we are in”. ( Neh 2:17) However it is then…

Darwin’s Dilemma – DVD Review

Darwin’s Dilemma  dvd  Illustra Media 72 minutes 0 467 106 309  Available for purchase or on You Tube According to a leading palaeontologist the Cambrian explosion caused Charles Darwin more grief than joy. Nothing distressed him more. With graphic detail, this dvd examines what is, without doubt, one of the most spectacular events in the…