Pause for Thought – 19 May 2021

Our service for Good Friday is available now:

Pause for Thought is now available:

Luke 4:16-24 Psalm 119:129-131 Romans 10:14-15 From Yes Minister: Jim Hacker: The department prepared this. “No loss of amenity” it says. Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Minister, not no loss of amenity; no *significant* loss of amenity. Jim Hacker: Well, same thing. Sir Humphrey Appleby: On the contrary, there is all the difference in the world. Almost…

Services have resumed in our church building on Sundays, and you are welcome to join us at 10.30 am (no booking needed), but we are still offering online worship as well. An audio service from the URC is available here: https://devotions.urc.org.uk/#LatestService A video service is available here: https://www.altonmethodist.org.uk/news.html

Matthew 25:31-46 So, on this Sunday before Advent we’re presented with this difficult and unpopular passage. The passage is a reasonably well known, if unpopular, one. The gist of the story is that Jesus talks about good things that have been done by people, these he calls sheep and says they will receive eternal reward….

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-22 Perhaps it was frustration. Perhaps it was more like mild hysteria. Abraham fell on his face and laughed. And who can blame him? All this talk about covenants and kings, offspring and ancestors, was nothing new. Abraham had been travelling with stars in his eyes and his hand in a pocketful of…