Pause for Thought – 10 February 2021
Pause for Thought for 10 February 2021 is now available:
Pause for Thought for 10 February 2021 is now available:
Job 38:1-11 Mark 4:35-41 There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air. The only way to reach the monastery was to be suspended in a basket which was pulled to the top by several monks who pulled and tugged with all their strength….
Mark 1:21-28 Former US President Jimmy Carter was on a speaking tour of Japan. He told a little joke and, after the interpreter had finished translating, the room erupted in laughter. Carter was both surprised and pleased. After the speech an old friend of Carter’s who spoke Japanese told him why everyone had laughed so…
Romans 8:24-39 In wishing you a Happy New year, it would be very easy to do so with a heavy heart. As 2018 ended, it was very easy to feel that the world was falling apart. News from the United States has rarely been encouraging in recent years, and the new year has begun with…
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Luke 2:22-40 What are you hoping for? If you were invited to describe your dream of tomorrow, for yourself, your family, your church, I wonder what you’d say? Perhaps you’re not sure? Or maybe you’ve lost hope, even forgotten what you were hoping for? If that’s so, then today’s gospel might just be for you….
What’s your name? Why were you given that name? What does it mean? Maybe you have several names. Why were you given those? What do they mean? Maybe you have children. What did you call them? Why? What do their names mean? There’s a long tradition of giving people names which mean something. We see…