I have had my friend and her husband from Australia visiting us and it has been a wonderful time together. They were due to come before Covid and at last have been able to come. She is the sort of friend who you pick up with as if you had seen her yesterday – a…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 25th June 2023 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 20 v7-13; Psalm 69 v7-10, 16-18; Romans 6 v1b-11; Matthew 10 v24-39 When the going gets tough…….. In the Old Testament passage, Jeremiah is being honest with God about how he is feeling. Jeremiah is blaming God for his social isolation,…
Another of the highlights of my trip to Athens, (a previous TFTD mentioned the Museum of Cycladic Art), was watching the ceremonial changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. The guards change every hour throughout the day, and stand absolutely still in between times, staring straight ahead. Their dress and their…
I am currently on sabbatical, which is three months of study leave and not meant to be holiday, however, one of the great joys of stepping back from my normal daily routine for a season is that I am able to spend more time with my wider family, which has been a great joy for…
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!!!! Each of us has such a…
Young George was playing outside in his sandbox one Saturday morning. He was making roads and tunnels for his cars and trucks to drive along and through. However, in the middle of the sand was a large rock. At first, he used it in his game as a roundabout but eventually he decided that it…
As a parent I often worried about who our children were mixing with. As a child my parents worried about the company I kept. Friends and contacts can broaden our minds, lead us into crime or hold us back from being who we really are. Relationships can make us or break us. That may sound…
This week we reflect on John 14:6 in our 10 minute, Bite sized service.
This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.…
A doubter’s guide to the Bible : inside history’s bestseller for believers and skepticsby John Dickson Zondervan, 2014 217 pages £7.99 Also available as an ebookISBN 978 0310 518 433 There can be little doubt that the Bible, in whichever language, is the world’s bestselling book of all time. Since it was the…