Mark chapter 4 verses 35 to 41 shares a lovely story that was recently the basis for my morning Bible reading, but concentrating on the storm and how Jesus is as much with us in our storms as He was with his disciples. Whenever I am reminded of this account, the phrase that attracts me…
There is a tiny gland sitting deep in the centre of your head just underneath the brain, weighing no more than 1g in weight and no more than 1cm in size, (about the size of a kidney bean), that has functions affecting nearly every part of the body. It’s absence of failure to function correctly…
4th Sunday of Easter Year A 26th April 2026 Lectionary Readings: Acts 2 v42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2 v19-25; John 10 v1-10. Whose ‘voice’ do you trust? In the passage from Acts we are told ‘that they spent their time learning from the apostles, and they were like family to each other.’…
Trauma survivors often tread paths of silent resilience, embodying the words of Viktor Frankl: ‘When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.’ This journey of transformation echoes the wisdom of Romans 12:2, ‘Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Joan Rono (www.ellel.uk) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23, NKJV In my Maasai culture it’s the responsibility of the young boys in the family to take care of their father’s cattle. Being a culture where one’s…
The other morning the kettle would not work. Our water is very hard, so we are used to kettles having a limited life. The immediate assumption was that this was the day for buying a new kettle. Then it transpired that several other things in the kitchen were not working either because the trip had…
This week, Our 10 minute service reflects on John 14:6.
Are you a lark or an owl when it comes to times of rising and going to bed – or somewhere in between the two? I’ve never been a lover of early mornings. I was fortunate that, when I was working, my job did not require early mornings, just a 9am office start. I was…
We had been attending a church for about 18 months when we were blessed with our first daughter. We travelled about five miles from our village and determined that this new arrival would not stop our regular attendance. However, our newborn was not aware of how she should be quiet for an hour during the…
Paul writes in Romans 12 of how we are all part of one body, no one part more important than the other, and in 1 Corinthians 12 of how we are one body made up of different parts all reliant on each other. Eyes and ears, arms and legs. I was challenged recently to write…