So, this week I’m thinking ‘feet’ – following and sharing. Walking in His way alongside others and bringing others with us. We need to be true disciples, confident in the good news before we can share with others – this is the very thing Jesus commanded us to do before He ascended and possibly the…
Ever since I was a child, first standing by the sea and marvelling at the horizon, I have been intrigued by perspective. I know I often use it in illustrations and sermons, but I make no apology for returning to it today. What we see from a distance can be very different from the detail…
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This week I want to share with you an experience I had last Friday June 19th. I had spent 4 days in the East Midlands on holiday and needed to return to Ipswich from Derby in time for a commitment on the Saturday. I caught a train that left Derby station at 13.08 and arrived…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 3:3.
I understand that those who live with, or care for, a dementia sufferer quickly learn two (of many) important lessons. The first is to avoid saying, “I already told you”, and the second is to say, “You do know”, when, of course, if the person did know, s/he would have said so. I was reminded…
I recently switched the central lights on in our front room. (We usually use the side lights). To my husband’s horror, and my amusement, the light showed up a network of cobwebs! Jesus came as light to the world. He came to be a light leading the way. He came to banish the darkness of…
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 28th June 2026 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 28 v5-9; Psalm 89 v1-4, 15-18; Romans 6 v12-23; Matthew10 v40-42 ‘Slave owner’ maybe, but not a ‘taskmaster’. “Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God. I am using these everyday examples because in…
Shall there be a time of heaven and hell? What do you think about it? The doctrine of universal salvation finds its theological anchor in the belief that divine grace is not restricted by human markers of status, background, or past moral failure. Augustine of Hippo often emphasized that grace is a gift given to…
My brother and I always used to love baking with our mum and one of the highlight of every baking session was licking out the bowl, I guess that there are some that will see all kinds of issues around health and safety, but this was the sixties and we didn’t bother about things like…