Over the last few months, we’ve applauded the NHS and Key workers, remembered those who have been affected by the Covid 19 virus and those who have lost their lives, yet I am reminded that the cost of what has happened over the last ten months of this year run far, far deeper. My brother…
Singing the Faith 390 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 2 I hold thee with a trembling handBut will not let thee go,Till steadfastly by faith I standAnd all thy goodness know. The initial reaction to the words of verse 2 might well be to see them as a description of feeling or…
Do you want to join in with the circuit recording of Hark the herald angels sing?
Maybe like me you have that sinking feeling of ” here we go again”. To encourage you I would like to share what was on my desktop calendar for today :- Good news for today: God is still in charge and in control! He is beside you, behind you, before you, and for you! No…
A message from the President of the Methodist Conference about the second national lockdown in England
Wesley \Fellowship Annual Lecture, September 1992 (Occasional Paper no. 7) 26 pages £2.25 ISBN 0 860 713 865 “The presence of evil in the world appears to place thedoctrine of a just and loving God into a no-win situation.” The author of this lecture offers this statement as a consequence, in summary form, of the…
1 John 4 v 19 : We love because he first loved us Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, tried to measure an extremely deep part of the Arctic ocean. On the first day, he used his longest measuring line but could not reach the bottom. He wrote in his log book, “The ocean is deeper than that!”…
When I helped in the Boys Brigade. I often used to ask the lads to contribute to the subject of the prayers we offered during the evening session, they’d usually come up with a friend or family member who was ill or a local news item . One of the lads in the youngest group…
Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse November 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing this letter at the close of All Saints Day; a day when we remember that the Church is not simply the congregation of the faithful gathered in the present moment but the also the great congregation…
How spiritual are you ? How much do you love God ? In effect, these questions ask the same thing, just using different words. Your spirituality is measured by how much you love God and want to live your life in accord with his teaching. Consider this hymn by Charles Wesley – My God !…