The world of the emoji is peripheral to the one I inhabit. It is easy to imply extreme reactions to otherwise mundane, everyday events. We become overreactors and if that happens, how do we respond when something truly unusual occurs? I know I can be on the blunt side; I prefer not to use opaque…
Now that many of our Easter Celebrations are over, I am back to my Eddie Askew book. This morning I have been reading “The Bird Seed Takeaway”. It really does relate to my garden. He talks about filling the bird feeder with a mix of seeds and peanuts and watching through the Kitchen window, which…
This week, our 10 minute, bite sized service reflects on Ephesians 4:32.
Visit to the Ipswich Circuit 23.04.23.
Read about the Ipswich Town Pastors and how you can help.
Cows, curses and Christ : disciple making among the Laarim of South Sudan by Philip and Linda Byler.Privately published, 2012 1786 pages £4 (available from Amazon) ISBN 978 8 718 387 742 This is a well told story of missionary work in a very troubled part of Africa – Sudan. It has one very…
A quick check of the internet throws up the interesting (startling) fact that of the approximately 200 countries in the world, over 25% or one quarter of them are ruled by autocrats or dictators. Some are so well known and obvious that we could rattle of their names without much hesitation. There are some who…
The Third Sunday of Easter – Year A 23rd April 2023 Lectionary readings: Acts 2 v14a, 36-41; Psalm 116 v1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1 v17-23; Luke 24 v13-35. Strangers no more. In Luke’s account, two disciples on the way to the village of Emmaus, are joined by a ‘stranger’ who they later discover is the…
Until recently, I had never heard of the village of Llanymynech, which, as you might guess from the name, is located in Wales, well, almost. What makes Llanymynech an interesting place, is that thee border between England and Wales runs along the A483, North Road, the main street in the village, meaning that residents on…
I used to do a lot of cross stitch pictures but now that my eyesight is not so good, I only do small ones and only in good daylight. It’s amazing how a picture is created with carefully chosen colours and stitches. Also, how the front is very neat but the back can look quite…