Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Charlotte Haines Lyon. Daily reading: 12 April – Christian Aid There are no magic solutions to living a godly life. Something to read Train yourself in godliness, for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both…
This weeks 10 minute service reflects on John 3:16.
My first contribution to TFTD resulted from a conversation over a meal when comparing older and newer hymns and songs and I was reminded of that again when undertaking my daily Bible reading recently. The writer was commenting on the reason why, in Genesis chapter 4, Abel’s offering was accepted but Cain’s was not, and…
April 2024 Preaching Plan
My husband in an act of generosity (?) bought me a bread maker for Christmas a few years back. I think this was perhaps because I had attempted to make bread the “old-fashioned” way, and the resulting loaves were more useful as building bricks than as nourishment! The bread that came from the bread maker…
Second Sunday of Easter Year B 7th April 2024 Lectionary Readings: Acts 4 v32-35; Psalm 133; John 1 1v1-2v2; John 20 v19-31. Friends re-united. The reading from John’s gospel relates to events in the evening of what we now call Easter Day. Jesus appears to his disciples, his friends. The shock of his sudden…
I recently became aware of the hymn “I watch the sunrise” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm-A5NlkI8U I confess that I had never picked the hymn and was totally unaware of its existence, it a beautiful hymn and that is why I have taken the liberty of including the link to a YouTube file, it’s worth listening to, in my…
On Tuesday our Open the Book team used the story called “A Happy Day” to lead the school assembly. It started off being very sad but ended happily. It was the Easter Story and the sadness was the Crucifixion of Jesus and the happiness was His Resurrection. The teacher was really good in emphasizing that…
Simon of Cyrene was probably just visiting Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Cyrene was a Greek colony, in what is now Libya, with a strong Jewish population. Many Jews would try to return home for the feast, but it would have taken days of travel and inconvenience to do so. But this particular trip probably…
Recently I have read many articles and letters in my daily newspaper about the state of the mental health of the population of the United Kingdom. There are wide ranging views on the subject, a lot of them well informed but diverse in their conclusions. I wonder if we are talking ourselves into a worse…