Pause for Thought – 26 May 2021

Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 Ephesians 5:15-20 An old man was standing on a crowded bus. A young man standing next to him asked, “What time is it?” The old man said nothing. As the young man walked away, the old man’s friend asked, “Why were you so rude to the young man?” The old man answered, “If…

Matthew 13:18-23 1 Corinthians 3:1-9   A farmer turns up to evensong and discovers that he and the vicar are the only people there. “What shall we do?”, asks the vicar. “Well”, replies the farmer, “If I goes to feed my sheep and only one turns up, I feeds her.” So after four hymns, two…

Pause for Thought for this week, 11 November, is now available:

Churches across Farnham have worked together to produce this service for Christian Aid Week:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxn-g4pBWGQ&feature=youtu.be

Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21   I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s met people who’ve been damaged by low self-esteem.  Sometimes we don’t need a lot of help to see ourselves was worthless and bad, and sometimes, regrettably, the church hasn’t always helped that.  On Ash Wednesday, of all days, it’s not unreasonable for…

Matthew 2:1-12 Deep beneath the Bodleian Library in Oxford, there are many rooms of movable book stacks. Hardly any of the Bodleian’s collection is on open shelves, and most have to be ordered. You used to fill in a little slip, and an hour or so later your book would be ready for you. However,…