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I suppose few people look forward to visiting the dentist or the hygienist, and one Christian dentist probably didn’t help as the patient reclined on the couch to see written in bold lettering on the ceiling, “Prepare to meet thy God”. What I find disappointing is that, despite following all the recommendations on how to…
Well, I made it! 123miles in 3 days – including the hottest day of the year so far. Our first day of cycling was mainly on the flat with no sight of Hadrian’s wall. However, we made up for both on day 2 – the wall and many hills. Remember when you freewheel down a…
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 6th July 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 66 v10-14; Psalm 66 v1-9; Galatians 6 v1-16; Luke 10 v1-20. The power of personal testimony In today’s gospel reading Luke recalls that Jesus sent seventy-two of his followers into the towns and villages ahead of him as he made his way…
Pictured here is a very old example of a Portmanteau. This particular example was made for George Washington and is held by the Museum of the American Revolution. What makes it a portmanteau is that it’s a bag or case with two separate parts joined together. This Thought is a Part 2 and in an…
This thought was first published in June 2020 Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. “John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do…
I will never stop being amazed at how God works! I had no idea what to write about this week and it’s got to middle morning on Wednesday – usually by now I’d got it sorted. I made myself a coffee and went out to feed the birds. As I did so, Pachelbel’s Canon in…
Read: Acts 2:14-21 We have become used to having a mobile phone within reach for much of the time. When I was growing up it was decided that ‘we children’ needed to learn to use the telephone, in case of an emergency. Making a call involved going to a different room, dialling a number and…
This week, our 1o minute service reflects on Matthew 11:28.
For many years Karen and I went to St Andrews Methodist Church in Undercliffe Bradford and one of the features of life in that Church was Scarborough Weekend. Every year during November a large group of us would take over Green Gables hotel (pictured above) and in its heyday we would number a hundred plus…