When I was a young child, I would often lay awake at night and my imagination would run wild. My parents were trying to be helpful by leaving the landing light on so that my sister and I would not be afraid. However, the long shadows that this threw across our bedroom doorway only served…
‘O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie’, the first line of what I regard as one of my most favourite of carols. It reminds me very much of the village I grew up in, in mid-Wales called Llanfyllin. On each Christmas eve, my family and I would walk down to church…
I love Autumn and all the glorious colours of the leaves. What I don’t like is when the fallen leaves block drains and when they become very slippery. It’s like frost when I walk very cautiously. The following passage is a prayer taken from the little book “You Must Be Joking Lord” by Michael Hollings…
A pious teenage girl reports that she has been visited by an angel. Then it becomes apparent that she is pregnant. Can you imagine the headlines? I’m so glad the birth of Jesus happened when it happened. If it happened today – would there be calls for her to have an abortion? Was Mary technically…
It is rare to come across an empty road during the normal day. This year on 11th November I was driving to a meeting in the West Midlands and realised that if I wanted to stop for 2 minutes at 11:00 my place of remembrance would be Corley Services on the M6. My experience there…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Dr Frances Clemson, Christian Aid’s Faith Communications and Just Scripture Specialist. www.christianaid.org Something to read Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.” – John 8:58. Something to think about Which verses in scripture do you find mind-blowing? What…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 14:6.
Sunday 8th December @ 3.30pm
I had an unpleasant surprise recently. In a conversation with a “long-time” Christian friend, I recounted how I had dealt with a caller at my home, notwithstanding the special notice on the door next to the front door bell. As I concluded my story, she said, “That was not very Christian!” I apparently showed my…
I recently attended the funeral of a dear lady who had been a member of our church. She had moved down to East Anglia as she was living with dementia which had progressed to the stage where she was unable to continue living on her own. When I first met her it was clear that…