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Honeybee

The honeybee has one of the most highly developed social structures in the animal kingdom.At the heart of the hive, which may house as many as 80,000 bees, is the queen. Without her the colony has no future. But the 80,000 don’t just sit around watching their queen. Each bee has a specialized duty to…

A Smile

Wendy Jobson has sent in this anonymous poem to share with you all today… A smile costs nothing, but gives much.It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give.It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it…

Leaves for healing (2)

Reading: Ezekiel 47 Herbs were vitally important in Ezekiel’s time with so many uses, especially for healing.  He paints a word picture of the river of life, flowing from the throne of  God, lined with trees which are nourished by that river.  Consider this picture for a moment – a picture of lush green, of…

A Thousand Tongues / Wesley Hymns

A thousand tongues : the Wesley hymns as a guide to scriptural teaching      by  John Lawson.  Paternoster, 2007 ISBN 978 1 842 275 504  £12.99 Wesley hymns.   Hinde St. Methodist Church, 2018  ISBN 978 0 992 613 204  £18 The volume and extent of Charles Wesley’s hymns reveal only too clearly the breadth, depth…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 20th September 2020

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time         Year A                                               20th September 2020. Lectionary Readings: Jonah 3 v10-4 v11                  The people of Nineveh believe God’s message. Philippians 1 v21-30              What life means to Paul. Matthew 20 v1-16.                 Workers in a vineyard. Just to turn things on their head, I am starting with some questions for you to ponder:-…