Pause for Thought – 18 November 2020

2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13:1 Luke 7:36-8.3 In the winter of 1642, a tiny baby was born prematurely to his widowed mother in a rural Lincolnshire hamlet. When he was three, his mother remarried and left him the care of his grandmother. He grew up to be Isaac Newton, who laid the foundations much of modern…

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Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-23 As some of you know, I really rather enjoy word puzzles, most especially the cryptic crossword. Although I enjoy them, I don’t always succeed with them, but I enjoy puzzling over them and having a go. At least with a cryptic crossword, you know when you’ve got the answer right. Another…

I suppose we’re lucky not to have snow again this weekend. It’s a wintry Easter that we’re celebrating this year. I don’t know about you, but it’s no comfort to me to be told that Easter is statistically more likely to be white than Christmas! The psychological and emotional effect of this cold and wet…

Luke 2:22-40 Is there anyone who hasn’t opened a birthday or Christmas present and hasn’t had a moment of disappointment when it wasn’t quite what you thought it would be? The story is told of the nine year old boy who one day saw what seemed like the perfect birthday present for his mother. He…

John 20:1-18 Christ has risen, so today is the second first-day of creation. All was in darkness when Mary went to the garden, just as all was darkness on the first first-day of creation. Darkness, I think, suited the mood of Mary Magdalene. Darkness can be a thing of great beauty, it even can be…