I Kings 17:17-end Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-end Luke 7:11-17 In 1886, Karl Benz drove his first car through the streets of Munich. He named his car the Mercedes Benz, after his daughter, Mercedes. The machine angered the citizens, because it was noisy and scared the children and horses. Pressured by the citizens, the local officials…
1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10 I dreamt death came the other night And heaven’s gate swung wide; With kindly grace an angel came To usher me inside. Yet there to my astonishment Stood folks I’d known on earth, Some I had judged as quite unfit Or of but little worth. Indignant words…
Ephesians 5:15-20 24 May is as close as you get to a holy day in the Methodist Church, because 24 May 1738 was the day on which John Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed”, and he was at in a house in Aldersgate Street that evening, and so the Sunday before 24 May is always celebrated…
Acts 2:1-21 Louis Armstrong is best remembered for how and what he played, rather than for anything that he said. By and large, he let his trumpet do the talking, as it were. But he did come out with a few memorable remarks. My favourite is: ‘If you haven’t got it in you, you can’t…
Acts 16:9-15 John 5:1-9 I had a dream last night. This voice said, “on your marks, get set, go!” and I woke up with a start. I dreamt I wrote The Hobbit the other night. I think I was Tolkein in my sleep. Whatever you dream about, whether you remember them or not, whether you…
Psalm 148 Romans 8:18-27 Revelation 21:1-6 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. Today is May Day, the first day of summer! (reflection on weather) May Day isn’t something you’ll find in the Bible, it’s not a Christian…
Revelation 21:1-6 John 19:16b-18 & 28 Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see, and what I do in anything to do it as for thee. A man that looks on glass, on it may stay his eye; or if he pleaseth, through it pass, and then the heaven espy. George…
Acts 9:36-43 John 10:22-30 No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of…
Psalm 23 With two large glasses and a large bottle of fizzy drink (at least l.5 or 2 litres); a large plastic tray (to catch spills); kitchen roll or cloths (to mop up liquid). Invite someone to pour themselves a drink, using one glass and the bottle. They are unlikely to pour out a full…
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!…