Pause for Thought – 24 March 2021
Pause for Thought for 24 March 2021 is now available:
Pause for Thought for 24 March 2021 is now available:
In social media there is a trend for moaning about trivial things. In the last few years, in recognition of our triviality in the west in comparison with the problems of the developing world, it has now become a new trend: when people post about a trivial irk of theirs they follow it up with…
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35 Nine year old Joe was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school. “Well, Mum, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he…
Pause for Thought for 2 December 2020 is now available:
Genesis 45:4-8 Romans 8:26-28 I’m, sure we’ve all encountered the story of Joseph and his brothers. It’s a family story, so it’s about misunderstanding, envy, and violence. Young Joseph antagonized his older brothers, and was daddy’s favourite. And those dreams! To cut a long story short, the brother’s faked Joseph’s death, and sold him into…
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Mark 6:30-34 & 53-56 At the supermarket checkout staff are advised: Don’t drop the eggs! Don’t fall off the chair! And if you’re going to err, err on the side of profit! On the football pitch it’s: Don’t drop the ball! Don’t fall on an opponent! And if you’re going to err, err…
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…