Pause for Thought – 24 February 2021
Pause for Thought for 24 February 2021 is now available:
Pause for Thought for 24 February 2021 is now available:
Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:8-14 John 1:6-8 & 19-23 The Advent wind begins to stir With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir, It’s dark at breakfast, dark at tea, And in between we only see Clouds hurrying across the sky And rain-wet roads the wind blows dry And branches bending to the gale Against…
Psalm 30 John 21:1-19 If you’re in a boat, and look in towards Crosby beach, in Lancashire, you’ll see an Antony Gormley sculpture on the beach. If you at the beach at Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, you’ll see a memorial sculpture to Benjamin Britten. If you look at Brighton beach, well, you get everything you deserve!…
Romans 8:12-25 As some of you know, my mother-in-law was a doctor. I think it’s fair to say that she more than enough paper and pens in her house supplied by drug companies to see out most of. And mugs. And sponges and brushes. Once drug companies started giving doctors long golfing holidays in sunny…
Pause for Thought for 21 April 2021 is now available:
Matthew 12:1-14 Canticle: A song of Love (R&S 753) Joshua 2:1-7 and 6:12-17 Hebrews 11:29-31 We all love a happy ending, and we finally got one, when Ashya King’s parents were freed from prison, and re-united with their obviously beloved son. Except the happy ending isn’t really, because all know that Ashya’s chances of surviving…
Jonah 3:1-5 Matthew 5:38-41 Mark 10:28-31 Today the church marks the feast day of an Irishman who was accused of theft and murder, but who brought Christianity to Scotland and half of England. His name was Columba; he was born in Ireland in 521, and died in Scotland in 597. Columba studied under the legendary…