For the first 28 years of my working life, I was employed by one of the major banks. At my first branch, most of the business was transacted face to face, by telephone or by handwritten letters. I am not sure if a copy was retained, and it was before photocopiers. On my transfer to…
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 27th July 2025 Lectionary readings: Genesis 18 v20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2 v6-15; Luke 11 v1-13. Gifts to help us with Prayer, Intercession and Petition. In today’s gospel reading, Luke groups together some of Jesus’ teaching on the subject of prayer. In response to the disciples…
As we move from July into August my garden looks drier and drier, the lawn looks more brown than green, and the beautiful flowers have dropped their colourful display, and frankly everything looks a bit of a mess. The field that last year was bedecked with a marquee to hold 140 is now a field…
Jill and I love going to Garden Centres; but even after many visits to places as big as The Botanical Gardens in Wales and the Eden project in Cornwall and the less ambitious but just as interesting Garden Centres such as Thetford I am still hopeless at recognising flowers – weeds I seem to have…
I know that there are many false messages on Facebook but there are also some very good ones. I read this message a few days ago and it really appealed to me. Someone suggested that we repurpose old soup ladles into water bowls for bees and ladybirds. They suggest that you put some pebbles into…
Psalm 84:1,10 ‘How lovely is Your dwelling place. O Lord Almighty!’……. ‘Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.’ I was reminded of these verses this last Sunday. Firstly, at our morning service we were delighted that one of our congregation brought along her young granddaughter, as she sometimes does. I’m guessing…
Just over a year ago I wrote about the end of an era as our cherry tree had to be felled because it was diseased. I was upset then but did not anticipate the unintended consequence of there being more sunlight and space for the buddleia beside and beneath it. With the shade gone what…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Luke 6:21.
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Mark Williams www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read The Lord bless you and keep you. Numbers 6:24. Something to think about Way back in Genesis, the book of beginnings, God calls Abraham to leave his country and kindred and go to the land he will give…
Eye Can Write by Jonathan BryanPublished by Blink Publishing, 2019 A few weeks ago a good friend said to me ” Sadly Jonathan Bryan has died”. I had not heard of him but she sent me a copy of his book as a gift. I have since bought 4 copies to give to others. Some of…