In the final episode of Freddie Flintoff’s ‘Field of Dreams’ series two, we watched as his young team played and lost to a more experienced team on a world class pitch in India before they travelled home. It has become apparent, as the programmes progressed that cricket itself became the medium by which these young…
You do not need me to tell you that green plants move in the direction of sunlight because they need the light to photosynthesise; the process that is they key to their life. After a week away in Scotland recently, where the weather was less than ideal, my return to my usual walking routes soon…
In 2002 I moved to Littleport in the Fens when my late husband was stationed there as minister for 4 churches. Employment in the Fens is largely centred on agriculture with many farmers and farm workers in the churches and others working in businesses and industry linked to farming. So, life in the churches and…
Our 10 minute service this week, reflects on James 4:6.
Last Saturday the Northern Mission Area Churches joined together to share friendship, fellowship and food for their second Away Day.
This extract from Acts 10 verse 14 came to mind recently. I experienced a problem with my faithful laptop computer when an essential component (for me) was no longer working. After Internet searches, and several unsuccessful attempts to resolve it, I resorted to contacting Microsoft Support. Surprisingly quickly I had a response from an agent…
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B 29th September 2024. Lectionary Readings: Numbers 11 v4-29; Psalm 19 v7-14; James 5 v13-20; Mark 9 v38-50. For and Against. John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he was not one of us, and we told…
My sister recently underwent a knee replacement, and being the “loving/devoted” older sibling, I went to stay with her for a few days. She was just one week post surgery and had been given a programme of exercises by the physiotherapist whom we visited on my first day there. Anyone who has had a knee…
Pure Joy : rediscover your conscience by Christopher Ash IVP, 2012 £10.99 205 pages ISBN 978 1 844 745 852 “We all need to engage with this timely book,” so says Jonathan Lamb, chairman of Keswick Ministries. It is indeed a first class book dealing with conscience in all its complexity. In just 200 pages and…
We live in an age of uncertainties, where people have ceased to be sure about anything. Life seems so full, yet deep down right where our lives really matter it is empty, and having no signpost to lead the way, people turn to wealth and possessions. There is, of course, no problem in wealth and…