Today’s reading from Romans 6:1-14 asks the question, ‘Shall we go on sinning, so that grace may increase?’. Saint Paul answers the rhetorical question with a resounding ‘no’, going on to explain that that God’s call is to something altogether different. On a long train journey recently I was in the same carriage as a…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 13:34-35.
(Author unknown) One day, a man went to visit a church. He got there early, parked his car, and got out. Another car pulled up near and the driver got out and said, “I always park there! You took my place!” The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat and sat down.…
Another fascinating fact, I recently discovered is that throughout the whole of England, it is illegal to eat mince pies on 25 December. I have no way of checking if that is still true, but if so, there must be many who, like me, broke the law on Christmas Day. Hopefully, the police are not…
Three weeks ago, I attended my 40 year reunion in Nottingham, (see TFTD 19-2-24). It was something I was eagerly anticipating and I wasn’t disappointed. Having had a clear drive up the A1, I arrived at the hotel, situated on the university campus around 12 noon, to be greeted with friends from years gone by…
Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B 21st April 2024 Lectionary Readings: Acts 4 v5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3 v16-24; John 10 v11-18. Seizing the opportunity and responding to God’s love for us. Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and told the nation’s leaders and elders: “You are questioning us today about…
I was inspired by a friend who wrote recently on a community social media page that when he and his wife go out for the day or when they are on holiday, rather than going to the expensive, trendy, branded coffee bars, that they would support small independent coffee shops, or better still, spy out…
I recently watched a programme on television about the Zambesi river. It was amazing to see the story of its journey beginning in North-west Zambia to ending in Mozambique where it flowed into the Indian Ocean. From small beginnings to the flood plains, Victoria Falls, the Zambesi wave, Lake Kariba and all the areas in between, the…
Even before my son went to school, he had decided what he wanted to do when he was grown up. Every night at bedtime, he would settle down under the blankets in a sitting position, with an old steering wheel, a flask of tea and some out of date maps. “Tonight, I’ve got to drop…
In the Bible, God asked Cain the whereabouts of his brother Abel, whom he had murdered. Cain’s brush off response was, ‘I don’t know, am I my brother’s keeper?’” (Genesis 4:9). John Ferguson wrote a hymn (Rejoice and Sing 609) that opens with Cain’s question. It deals with Cain in the first verse, with Pontius…