The next plant to mention in this series is Rudbeckia with beautiful yellow flowers that have grown up through the cracks in the paving stones in our backyard. These have not been knowingly watered and were certainly not intentionally planted, rather they seem to have self-seeded from last year’s flowers and flourished independently of anything…

You’re unlikely to see Gordon in your pulpit but is any of his wisdom transferrable to life in your church?  In a previous thought I reflected upon the encounter between Joseph and an unnamed man in Genesis 37. Although the man is not identified as a man of God in any way, God uses the…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Jarel Robinson-Brown www.christianaid.org.uk Value other people as a gift from God. Something to read ‘Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above…’ – James 1:17 from full reading James 1:17-27. Something to think about So often in life we treat things,…

Something I’ve been doing this holiday is participating in a book challenge. I’ve always loved reading and I always used to envy my children taking part in the library reading challenge – being encouraged to read six books in as many weeks and then answering questions on them to receive a small reward at the…

‘Thus says the Lord:Stand at the crossroads, and look,and ask for the ancient paths,where the good way lies; and walk in it,and find rest for your souls.But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’    Jeremiah 6:16 In the Christian Church, we begin our liturgical year at the start of Advent. You probably know that and…

Of recent years I have watched the Annual National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast, and this year it was held, as usual, in Westminster Hall, 7on July 7th. 650 parliamentarians and church leaders gathered for worship, prayer and to listen to the speaker, Clare Williams- Sarpong, from the Oxford centre for Christian Apologetics. She spoke on the…