Pause for Thought – 16 October 2020
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Genesis 18:23-33 Acts 9:1-9 Mark 6:17-29 Members of the church ladies sewing circle some years ago were disturbed because a widowed church member and her three small daughters were staying away from services. Finding the reason to be a lack of suitable clothes, the ladies’ group corrected the situation in a generous manner. When the…
Family Tribute, by Brenda’s grandson Matthew. No animosity, genuinely loving everybody. They were the words of Ron Lehman in his speech about Brenda and Arthur at their golden wedding anniversary. A clever use of their sir name as an acronym, but also one that hit home to me as a seventeen year old; summing up…
Ezra 3:6-11 Acts 17:24 During the time of Queen Elizabeth the first, there were many Christians in Farnham who discovered God through the Reformed way, known then as being puritans (don’t judge that term through 21st century thought!). Despite the residence of the Lord Bishop of Winchester in Farnham Castle, the town was stocked full…
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Ephesians 2:11-22 In the north of England, two great rivers rise. One begins high in north Pennines on Alston Moor, flowing through Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge to Hexham. The other rises on the Scottish border, and flows through Kielder Forest and Bellingham to Hexham, where the two rivers join. The first river is called the…
Matthew 16:21-28 Self-denial’s clearly an important element of tonight’s reading. That isn’t something that’s really compatible with life in the 21st century. I suppose it’s about as popular a topic as defending the ice cream sabotaging super villain from last week’s episode the Great British Bake Off. However, we cannot avoid that in tonight’s reading…