Like numerous other people I attended the ABBA show at the weekend. I found it amazing and actually had to keep reminding myself that these “people” on stage were not real. My eyes were telling me one thing but my brain was telling me something else. I had a wonderful time, made even more special…

Around the time of Jesus ‘birth, the shepherds on the hills around Bethlehem would have had the essential job of caring for the sheep probably destined for slaughter in the Temple. A necessary job but one with little respect – maybe comparable to the toilet cleaners at a pop festival – someone has to do…

Read 1 Samuel 8:10-22 and pause to ask yourself how much mental energy you have expended on grumbling about leadership during your life. If you are anything like me it will be a significant amount. Being in a leadership role can be a thankless task. At National and International level moods change and today’s popular…

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. – 2 Peter 3:9. Something to think about The…

In the TFTD on 27 November 2024, one question asked was, “Which verses in scripture do you find mind-blowing?” I found that to be a very interesting challenge. The first phrase to come to mind was from Genesis chapter 1 verse 16: “He also made the stars.” During the Great Storm of 1987, we were…