In his book “A Priest to the Temple” George Herbert is saddened that so few people greet each other or say goodbye with a blessing. In his letters, Paul is consistently blessing the people he writes to and urges them to bless each other. When did you last bless someone? Considering our garden, I come…
Copy of the Circuit Plan for September 2020
23rd Sunday on Ordinary Time Year A 6th September 2020 Lectionary Readings Ezekiel 33 v 7-11 Ezekiel is appointed to ‘stand watch’ for the people of Israel. Romans 13 v 8-14 Love is all that the Law demands. Matthew 18 v 15-20 When someone sins. ‘Standing Watch’ over the flow of God’s…
Roger Forster and Paul Marston 3rd edition revised, Push Publishing, 2013 208 pages £7.00 ISBN 978 0 955 378 355 available as Kindle and in print from Eden Bookshop, Cambridge This is simple, straightforward Biblical overview as you have never known it. That it has gone to three editions is testimony itself to its enduring…
I always liked to see what the Sunday School pupils had put on to the notice board. Looking at one on a Church I was visiting I gathered that the children had been asked to draw their favourite Bible Character. All of those that you would suspect were there, Peter, Mary, Paul and so on…
Some Churches have been dipping a toe in the water over the last few weeks to re-imagine what Church might look like in the coming weeks and over the next few weeks increasing numbers of Churches are opening with a variety of different expressions of what Church might look like. I have spoken to several…
Some of you who read my previous piece, Breaking and Mending 1, may be thinking that what I wrote was too simplistic and naive. After all, if someone is ill physically or mentally, or broken in some way, and medical support has not been of much benefit, then putting your faith or trust in someone…
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 30th August 2020. Lectionary readings Jeremiah 15 v15-21 Jeremiah complains and God replies. Romans 12 v9-21 Rules for Christian Living. Matthew 16 v21-28 Jesus speaks about his suffering and death. “Stop talking like a fool” and “Think like God” (or Straight and Crooked Thinking explained…
Dear Friends, Firstly, many thanks to all of you who have so kindly sponsored the run I will be doing to raise funds for the Felixstowe Mission Area on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August. Also, a reminder of the Open-Air Market taking place this Saturday 29th August between 11am and 4pm in the Manse Garden.…
The above is the title of this year’s Methodist Prayer Handbook 2020/2021. In the introduction Richard Teal, President of Conference and Carolyn Lawrence, Vice-Presidentprovide us with a challenging reflection on our Christian stewardship, in particular our call to care forpeople and planet. “ All of us are called to be good stewards of the Planet…