Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk A righteous act Something to read Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Psalm 150.
A cartoon from three years ago reappeared recently with two characters in a brief conversation. The first asked, “What exactly is a New Year’s Resolution?” and the response, “It’s a To-Do List for the first week of January!” So, if you made any resolutions have they already expired? It is claimed that one of the…
First Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C 12th January 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 43 v1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8 v14-17; Luke 3 v15-17, 21-22. Symbols of God’s presence. In response to the crowd’s speculation that he might be ‘the Messiah’, John the Baptist said, “I am baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is…
Our house group have been studying the York Course over the period of Advent. The title of the course was “The Life in the comma” and involved watching a video led by John Bell, of the Iona Community, in conversation with Smitha Prasadam, Bishop of Huddersfield and Lauren Windle, a journalist. John Bell explained that…
Well Christmas is now over, and we can begin a new season of worship, or do we? In all the taking down of decorations and Christmas trees, recycling our Christmas cards and generally removing any signs of the last few week’s celebrations we tend to forget a very important event in our calendar, and that…
I have just taken down all the Christmas cards I received this year. I like to look at them and read the messages again. This year my son gave my husband, myself and his brother a hand-painted watercolour of a tree. He took up watercolour painting about six months ago. Obviously, they will not be…
I often think the Bible accounts of the wise men visiting baby Jesus throws up many difficult questions based on shaky assumptions. Tradition says there were three and has even named them, the only evidence being that there were three gifts. Many nativity scenes show the shepherds and kings visiting together although the Matthew account…
A very happy New Year to you all, whoever you are, reading this. When we look back over a year that has closed, we are faced with a blend of recollections we like, and those we prefer to forget. There are likely to be some aspects of the past that we had barely noticed at…
Happy New Year – This week we reflect on John 1:1-5… In the beginning…