This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Psalm 18:2
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I recall a time when my wife asked me if I had heard the weather forecast and I replied, “Yes”. “What did it say?” she asked. My response was, “I don’t know, I wasn’t listening”. The ability to hear without listening is not dissimilar to listening to a familiar Bible passage and suddenly becoming aware…
A few weeks back my husband and I took the opportunity to enjoy a warm summer’s evening in our back garden. The sky behind the trees had a strange green glow – was this light pollution from the nearby airfield? However later that night, after I had decided to retire to bed, the night sky…
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 9th June 2024 Lectionary readings:Genesis 3 v8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4 v13-5v1; Mark 3 v20-35 The true source of the power to heal. People in ancient times lived in fear of demons, who they thought were responsible for a whole range of what we would call…
Many years ago, when I was a Sunday School teacher, I came up with a brilliant idea for an illustration for a point I wanted to get across. The only problem was that I needed something I didn’t have, but the idea was so good, that I decided to call in at the paper shop…
Many years ago my husband bought me a Waterford Crystal clock for my birthday. I don’t think he was trying to tell me something about my time-keeping but merely buying me a present. About a year ago it finally gave up the ghost and stopped working. The clock mechanism wasn’t working. I took it to…
It doesn’t seem possible that it’s June already! To me, it’s a month of contrasts with lots of family birthday celebrations but also echoes of the solemnity of examinations. It’s about celebrating long evenings and the shortest night. It’s a time of transition as, from the end of the month, days begin to shorten even…
We recently saw a staged adaptation of Herman Melville’s story, ‘Moby Dick’ or ‘The Whale.’ In the version we saw, a small company did an excellent job of evoking the sea, the gore, the fear, and the insanity at the heart of Melville’s tale. Miles from the sea, with no white whale in sight it…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 3:3.
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Mark Williams Adapted from a contribution by Rev Mark Williams, minister in St James’ Church, Uplands, Swansea, Diocese of Brecon and Swansea at the time of writing. www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read The Lord said to Moses: Tell the Israelites to take for me an…