My younger son was born on this day some 30 plus years ago, and has been forever grateful to have been born on St Patrick’s Day. Celebrations usually include a pint or two of the famous Irish beer! Although St Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland, he was born in England, (the…
The story of the Sower (except for the good soil) can seem like a parable about someone else. But when I consider my life in Christ, I too can be the one where His words fall onto rocky ground, thorns, scorched by the sun; but also, glad to say on good soil. I think we…
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come…
Every so often, for a treat when we were little, my Mum would buy my brother and myself (this was when we were very young and there were only two of us) a cream doughnut as a special treat – the long ones that are split in half lengthways and filled with cream and jam.…
If you are male and approaching the former statutory age of retirement, you may receive an invitation to have an Abdominal Aortic Aneurism scan. I went for mine recently and was asked whether I had a family history of the condition. I do; fifty per cent of my grandfathers died of an AAA. I was…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Psalm 18:2.
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Canon Ginnie Kennerley, editor of SEARCH – A Church of Ireland Journal, and former rector of Narraghmore and Castledermot in Glendalough diocese. www.christianaid.org.uk Something to read Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. – Psalm…
The Root and Fruit of Replacement Theology by Derek WhiteChristian Friends of Israel, [2003] with CD-ROM PowerPoint presentation 51 pages out of print This booklet is a summary of the historical development of the idea that the church at Pentecost replaced Israel as God’s chosen people (replacement theology) coupled with the origin and growth of…
Come and join us at Cineworld in Ipswich on Thurs 2th April at 3pm to watch ‘The Penguin Lessons’
Using a search engine to look for a specific phrase, I was presented with the words of a hymn I have not sung for many years. It reminded me of the coming event of Easter and how lovely these words are to remind us not just of that four-day period but, for the Christian, a…